I left the doctors office today thinking, OK I guess that's good news. But I wasn't convinced. I was so afraid that he was going to say that the MRI showed nothing. You would think that would be good. But no the pain is bad enough that I know it can't be nothing. I was right.
It's not a stress fracture!!! Yeah that's the good news. Shin bone is solid and I can swim, bike and RUN as much as I want or for how long I can tolerate the pain. However, it is a stress response. Never heard of that term. Basically all my ligaments attaching to my shin bone are all inflamed. From the top all the way to my ankle. A severe case of shin splints. Or in my case shin splint. But with that I have a few tears in the lower tendons which is where I have really been complaining it hurts. The rest of the shin I haven't really noticed. So I got this injury in April and laid off for 9 weeks allowing it to heal. All I did was put it in my back pocket for it to rear it's ugly head again. I need to be aggressive to get it to heal. SO that's includes all my workouts, Physical therapy which will include exercise and ultrasonic therapy, ice and patience. Back to therapy I go.
SO the minute I left the doctor's office I headed to the gym. Did a 2000m swim and jumped on the elliptical for an hour. I obviously felt like I had something to prove. I was going to run but that is what really aggravates the leg so I'll try in the morning for a small 2-3 mile run before heading out for a long bike ride.
I feel that my setback is no longer that. I got my long awaited answer and now it's time to do something about it and get back to normal, whatever that may be. Better now to have this happen then a month or two from race day.
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