I was camping with my son's scout pack for their annual Spring Camporee. It involves a lot of walking the whole weekend along with camping things like setting up tents, sleeping on air mattresses and walking around with a backpack. Basically everything that normally makes my hip/butt injury hurt pretty bad. I was concerned about how it would hold up over the weekend. I was pleasantly surprised that it barely even ached. Granted I only had a first aid kit, a bottle of water and a clip board in the back pack, but it was still more than I had in a month. I made sure I stretched when I could and sat down when I could. I even felt good enough to try my hand at the rope bridge the boys had to do (not too shabby in my opinion). So some of my anxiety over this injury is gone and I'm thinking I might be okay after all. In the meantime, I'm continuing all the stretches and exercises from PT and this week I'll try some light hiking but without a pack. I don't want to over do things and end up worse than before.
I can do this!
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