it takes a village, my hips do lie: why i love crossfit a brief manifesto by jessie oliver.
i will preface this post by telling you, i'm heavily medicated.
it started as a mundane friday. woke up late, made a veggie and bacon filled breakfast, geared up to go to the gym. etc.
when i hear people talking about how their lack of mobility is a hindrance to their crossfit progress i'm always quick to point out that being hyper mobile is no walk in the park either.
as i've detailed here, i have hip issues.
my SI joint is my arch nemesis when it comes to progress.
i am one of the millions who has benefited from the affordable care act. however, because i am intensely busy i have failed at getting a primary care physician which means, even though i know my hip is still wonky, i don't have an orthopedist.
yesterday, we were doing deadlifts at the gym. truthfully, it's never been my favorite lift. but, we were doing light sets at high reps. which, i didn't even think it would be injuring seeing as i only had 125 pounds on the bar which is less than half of my one rep max.
rep one, rep two, rep three, rep four, rep five, rep six, rep seven...oh, shit. my hip just moved. stand up...oh, shit...you need to lay down.
at this point people at the gym started to realize something was wrong. now, a few things: i have a pretty high threshold to pain and i am stubborn when it comes to my body. sometimes, i think that's why i stuck with crossfit initially.
but, i will tell you, everyone was asking if i was okay. now, was i uncomfortable? do i naturally shirk off that much attention? absolutely. BUT, guys, it was like the first time in my life that i didn't think, 'oh, god i.m like a zoo animal'. no one in that room thought i injured myself because i'm fat. which, let me tell you, has been a palpably real thing in my life.
everyone rallied to get me up off the floor, get me to a hospital, and take care of me. that includes people driving me and my vehicle to the hospital, holding me up and walking with me...rolling me in and out of cars. you know, typical i can't hinge at my waist savior faire.
crossfit really is all about community.
luckily there was a trade off and some of my friends came to sit with me/take me home post the ER.
my SI joint is askew. they classified it as an acute recurring joint displacement which while it probably will need surgery, it did not need an emergency procedure. so, now i am left to find a primary care physician to get a referral to an orthopedist to deal with the problem i already know exists. don't you just love the stupidity of red tape?
the other thing i will say is not one of the doctor's was like, 'oh you do crossfit?' or spoke ill of it...they looked at my x-rays and just said, 'you have weird hips'.
this injury wasn't caused by crossfit. this injury could have happened doing something as benign as an elliptical machine given the nature of my joints. frankly, i am glad it happened at a place where people automatically rallied to help me.
michelle larson, you and will have created a pretty magical place to call a workout home.
an hour in.
five hours in
on my way home. crutchie.