All I have to say is that the next time I am so proud of 40 chin ups... SHOOT ME! If you really love me, please, just shoot me! After the pride comes the pain, I can tell you that.
Thankfully, I saw my chiropractor, Dr. Debra Bell, yesterday and she worked on getting the lactic acid out of my muscles. I (heart) her and the arnica montana she gave me! She informed me that the peak soreness period is 36 hours after the "trauma" and that the best way to ease the soreness is to (gasp!) use the daggone muscle. Per her advice, I have been using a full water bottle to stretch my arm out and she's right, activity does help the muscle. Please forget my last blog that said " I like the pain..." I was lying. Or crazy, take your pick. :)
For more info on the wonderful Dr. Debra Bell, check out her website: www.wholefamilyofcary.com. I met her after a car accident 3 years ago and have loved her since then. She is caring, knowledgeable and just all around fabulous. FYI, arnica montana is also known as "wolf's bane," and is used as an anti-inflammatory. It's all natural and it works!
Maybe I'll go to the gym tonight and swim... the water and the arm motions should work even more of the soreness out! Yay for no more pain!
On another note, I talked my awesome and accommodating honey into taking me to the midnight showing of New Moon! No amount of workout pain will keep me from that! Woo-hoo! :) :) :)
Presenting the Babes:
Hi! We're Karita and Liz! We're just 2 cool chicks embarking on a journey back to the Land of Skinny. We're busty babes and we're ready for next summer's bikinis! We're also family, with the same blood, the same nose and husbands whose names are both "Bobby."
This blog was created as a way to help each other reach our goals to become unfat! It'll allow some virtual butt kicking since we live several states away from each other... we're both fairly short and our legs just won't reach from NC to GA and back!
This blog was created as a way to help each other reach our goals to become unfat! It'll allow some virtual butt kicking since we live several states away from each other... we're both fairly short and our legs just won't reach from NC to GA and back!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
karita says owie!
Posted by Karita at 1:05 PM
Labels: arnica montana, DrDebraBell, pain, work out
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1 comments:
Thanks for the kind words, Karita. I really enjoy caring for you. You always make me smile :)
Keep up the good work. (And enjoy New Moon. I can't wait to see it tomorrow :)
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