We had quite a rainy start to our day and the weather has been cool. We’re getting ready for a hot weekend, but we’ve had our central air off for a couple of days. It will need to be rested up for the workout we’re going to give it!
Ethan, Audrey and I took in a free movie this morning. One theatre chain with two locations relatively nearby offer a free movie on Thursdays during the summer. I had so much fun sitting between them and taking in being the mom of a 6 year old and 4 year old.
The excitement for this afternoon included me getting my hair cut, the kids spending time playing outside and Nathan receiving a netbook in the mail that he won! Something for everyone 
But the most exciting part of the day was this evening. I had made an appointment to have a gait analysis (at Kristen’s suggestion). I did a little research on the woman who does the analysis and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. I figured since I was already spending money on physical therapy and chiropractor visits, I might as well check out this option. My chiropractor also agreed and said he had heard good things about her.
I was a little nervous about it. I have not been running wrong and I’ve always been afraid if someone analyzed my mechanics that they would tell me that I’m a complete wreck and doing everything wrong. I’m not exactly sure why I thought that. Anyway, I made the trek to Gear West in Long Lake. Wendy took a look at me and noted that my hips were completely out of whack. One side was doing most of the work and she guessed that was causing a lot of my issues. She took a look at my hip alignment with and without my shoes. My body was aligned way better without my running shoes.
Somehow I had ended up choosing shoes for myself that were very wrong. She pulled out some different shoes and had me try them on and run for her. She commented that I was making things too easy for her! The first pair of shoes she had chosen seemed to do the trick. She had me run back and forth several times and all the off-balance things that were happening before resolved. Seriously! I don’t know for sure that my IT Band issues will go away immediately, but I did run tonight for a mile with no tightness and I don’t remember when I was able to do that last.
In Kristen’s blog about her experience, she mentioned some soreness in muscles that were working differently with the new shoes. I can completely vouch for that. My calves got quite a workout tonight. They must not have had to work that hard with my last pair of shoes! I’m going to work hard to be diligent with my stretching still. Regardless of what happens it’s nice to know that my shoes aren’t undoing all the other work I’m doing to rehab this injury.
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