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Continuing with the theme of transition; this week tried me. It was one of those weeks where things seem to be going well… and then a domino effect of other things try to derail you. I’m sure you also know that “It’s always something” feeling.

Well, at 33 years old, I can assure you with a 99% confidence interval there will, indeed, “always be something.” However, it’s our response to the “something” that shapes us for the future. Time for story time, so now’s the time to grab that coffee, tea, or wine.

Earlier this week, I had my routine physical therapy (PT) appointment. After the last “week from hell” that included me pushing my knee considerably past my pain threshold, I was excited to see how much knee range of motion (ROM) we had gotten. As I laid down on the table and my therapist got the goniometer, I prepared for her to bend my knee for the measurement.

This part really isn’t fun because your knee hasn’t been warmed up yet and then it’s just cranked to the maximum range to determine the day’s starting point. She smiles and says, “85 degrees.” I have an internal “Success Kid” moment and get ready for today’s exercises to work towards even more progress.

After about 30 minutes, we take a final measure for the day. 90 degrees. We are officially “cooking with grease”, as my parents would say. As I’m bringing my knee out of the bent position, suddenly a sharp pain runs along the inside of my knee. Uh oh. Did we do too much? Are my ligaments not only still torn, but also now unhappy? Sigh.

As soon as I was able to straighten my leg, the pain subsided. However, as soon as I stood up and took my first step… pain. Damn. We had just worked so hard to get to this point and it looks like we may have gone too far. As much as I didn’t want to, it seemed like it was time to get back on the Meloxicam.

Over the next day, the pain decided to hang out with me. Not the type of company I like to keep, but it is what it is. Just hoping it wouldn’t be too long of bonding session. While I was working on Tuesday, I turned on the Indiana Fever WNBA game. Caitlin Clark was back from a left groin injury and I wanted to see how she looked back in action.

With the game pretty much in the bag, Clark was still in the game late in the 4th quarter for some reason. In the last few seconds, she actually ended up spraining her right groin on a routine play. Talk about unlucky and unfortunate. What makes matters worse is that the WNBA All-Star Weekend was to start 4 days later… in Indianapolis where the Fever play.

Seeing as how she was voted as one of two team captains by the fans AND was scheduled to be a participant in various all-star week activities, the timing couldn’t have been worse. She was faced with a very difficult decision. Try to play through her injury in front of her home fans or sit out and rest the injury to prepare for the second half of the season?

She chose to sit out for this weekend’s events.

Now I’m no Caitlin Clark, but I did find myself looking at a similar situation on Wednesday morning. Do I load up on pain meds and continue to push my knee for more ROM or do I rest and just hope I don’t lose what I’ve recently gained? Decisions, decisions.

I chose to rest, too. I prepared to take a couple of days off of the aggressive home PT program I had been doing and just ice, elevate, and do red light therapy a couple of times a day. Yes, it was extremely difficult because I could just feel my knee starting to tighten up… but I had a plan and was sticking to it.

When I walked into PT on Friday evening, the pain had subsided - but at what cost? I laid down on the table and was ready to hear, “What did you do this week? You’re back down to 75 degrees!” Instead I heard, “You must’ve been keeping up the good work because we’re starting at 92 degrees.”

Wut. No way. I had been “lazy” by my standards and took days off. A net gain of 2 degrees shouldn’t have been possible because I hadn’t actually been torturing myself with resistance bands and gravity exercises. But, here we were, still improving.

Back to the PT session! After some manual tissue work and some stretching, it was time for another moment of truth. I bend my knee, without pain, and hit a new PR of 104 degrees! I damn near fainted from excitement. For my Severance fans out there, this accomplishment would’ve called for a MDE.

We’ve still got a long way to go, but it feels amazing to crack triple digit ROM. This opens up the door to getting back on my dusty ass Peloton soon. Sadly, it’s been collecting more dust than a Swiffer. But sometime in the near future, WE BACK!

Drop those Peloton usernames. I need homies to ride with!

There are several morals to this story, but let me highlight the important ones:
• Contrary to 2024 Chris’s beliefs, rest is active recovery and much needed.
• Transitions aren’t easy because you’re essentially having to overwrite your hard-coded habits and we, as people, don’t like change.
• Progress isn’t linear and doesn’t look the same every day.

Remember that hitting the pause button does not mean the movie ends. It’s simply a chance for you to take a break and come back ready for the second half of your story ⏸️

What’s one transition you’re navigating right now? Hit reply and share your story, I’d love to hear how you’re managing the ups and downs.