"Shorty not gettin' low" - W

Thursday - Ran 4 miles
Friday - Yoga
Saturday - Ran 5 miles
Sunday - Yardwork, bent over to put seeds in a potted plant, and whoops - lower back spasms! Had to crouch down for about 3 minutes until the pain passed.

As W says (quoting Flo Rida & T-Pain - kind-of) "Shorty not gettin' low."

My physician says it's most likely a pulled muscle. (And that people aren't quite far enough along in their evolutionary development to be standing upright all of the time.) The chiropractor says it may be a ligament pull. And may be caused by a subluxation of my L4 vertebrae. Either way, it was about 3 days before I could bend over or sit comfortably. I'm thankful for the anti-inflammatories, deep muscle stimulation, chiropractic adjustments, time and the fact that I'm a fast healer because I'm at about 70% right now. On Monday I thought I was going to have a heart attack from the pain every time I sneezed. Wow - that hurt.

Now I know what back pain feels like - crap! Of course, I did this last year by closing a window in the kitchen. Just didn't expect to do it again!

Hopefully I'll feel recovered enough to run in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre Marathon Relay this weekend. We have three teams of four from the Mebane Running Club participating.