90 Year Old Lady Hips

I have ridden horses since I was knee high to a cricket,errr....grasshopper.
Jiminy Cricket anyone? This is a shout out to my sisters, if they are reading this.


With riding horses comes some aches and pains along the way, especially when I started riding a a giraffe. Hank isn't really a giraffe but his neck is as long as a giraffe, hence the giraffe nickname.

Hank has since been passed down to Parker.



 

I started riding this wild beast at the age of 15. He is a really broad horse which caused my hips to hurt when I ride. I am not the type that runs to the doctor over every little thing so I didn't. If you are that type of person, then I feel for your spouse; I can totally relate because Brandon is that type also. It's never ending. Good thing we balance each other out because I never go!

 

I had my hips checked out 3 years ago; took xrays, did physical therapy (waste of time) and then went to one session of Airrosti. They recommended more visits but I was busy with a full time job and a newborn. The one visit fix worked for almost three years then the pain was not bearable and I walked around like a 90 year old woman. I took another 4 trips to Airrosti and TA DA (said with magic wand waving in the air!) My hips are back to being the hips of a 40 year old woman. I am only 28 but with more exercises to strengthen my old lady hip muscles then I will soon have the hips of a 28 year old again. Yay.

 

All that being said, now I really get to the point of this post- I went for a run on Monday night and it felt absolutely-freakin'-WONDERFUL! I set a RANDOM goal to run for 3 songs straight. Who cares about mileage or pace, right? I ended up running for 5 songs WITHOUT stopping once.

Positives-
My lungs don't hate me.
My legs don't hate me.
My hips don't hate me.
My mind was cleared.
My spirit was relaxed.
I felt like I conquered the world.

I told my husband before I ran "No laughing at the fat, or white legs."

His response-he laughed OUT LOUD at me. Yep, that's MY husband-be jealous.

Actually, he redeemed himself when I got back by giving me a big high five and just had that look like he was impressed.

Hope you have a ROCKIN' Wednesday,

Shannon