Aches and Pains

This little Wren took the opportunity to enjoy the sunshine this week by resting quietly, preening and generally looking as cute as possible, sitting on the rail of the fence near my patio doors. Wrens are normally too fast and too small for me to capture with my camera but one that is stationary and less the 2 metres away gives me a chance. It was wonderful watching such a tiny little bird, up close, basking in the sunshine. And, I feel a bit like that right now - tired out, lol.

I've tried to get back to normal this week and shake off the last remnants of a bad cold. It's been both hard going and easy! Hard going because all the old aches and pains that I've worked so hard to try to condition out of the muscles/nerves have been back in earnest. My left hip and LHS mid/lower back have been constantly painful/problematic/tight/achy and my right hip has also been achy/painful on and off. This has been very disappointing and kinda worrying. The back and hip pain are as bad as they ever were when all this started 18 months ago!

The easy aspect is that my body seems to have fought off the cold in a very 'healthy', 'normal' way, which is encouraging. I always worry about my resilience and ability to cope with any kind of stress and it's heartening to discover my immune system is firing as it should be. I'm still feeling pretty tired from it all and the back and hip pain aren't helping but I'm doing ok!

Made it to table tennis and the pool this week, and pottery was also physically demanding yesterday. This morning I got out for my 50 min walk but felt rather weary from half way round onwards. My left hip stabiliser etc ached/hurt all the way around and my LHS mid/lower back pain is pretty bad, even after applying heat. I honestly don't know what I can do to eliminate this pain. I would have thought my core strength was sufficient now to stabilise my spine etc....?

Anyways....been a tired, bored afternoon - not got enough energy to do anything but am fed up sitting in front of the telly and then worry about the consequences of not moving enough, lol.