Sometimes I think I should have become a physical therapist.

Seriously. I have spent so much time at the orthopedic Doctor's office, at phyical therpay, with athletic trainers, etc. Dr. Weidenbener, one of my two favorite orthopedic Doctors, says that I have the thickest file of anyone else my age. Now that's something to brag about! Ha! Really, who else at 31 has had three knee surgeries after many years of wearing knee braces (I even had one specially made to match my high school cheerleading uniform!), a stress fracture in her back, broken cheekbone, shoulders that partially dislocate on a regular basis, plus an assortment of broken feet and arms, and cesnoiditis (which really means they have no idea why my foot sometimes feels like it is broken even when it isn't)? Am I missing anything? Probably. I am a walking injury waiting to happen! You would think I would give up and sit on the couch. But I don't.

Tomorrow morning I will go to a different Doctor for my foot. Did I mention I thought it was broken six weeks ago? I wore a boot for about a week and then ditched it. I wasn't suppose to run for two weeks but could swim, bike, and do the elliptical. I have run four times in the past six weeks, all of which were after the two week time frame. My foot still hurts, it's still swollen, and still bruised. I don't want to go to someone other than Dr. Weidenbener, but this Doctor is closer, and I already have an appointment scheduled.

Now my shoulder is killing me. The Wednesday before the Warrior Dash I felt a tweak while doing chest flies. It didn't hurt too bad for the Warrior Dash, but there was a little bit of adrenaline during the dash. I've tried to take it somewhat easy, I skipped shoulder day last week, but swam twice last week. Yesterday we ended up playing an impromptu game of "dodge ball" with beach balls. It was a lot of fun, but one throw teeaked my shoulder again. It kept me awake last night. I hurt to do my hair, it hurt to get dressed, etc. Really? My foot isn't enough? Wrap me in bubble wrap now! So, I skipped swimming this morning and will probably have to skip lifting tomorrow morning. Arg! I know that I need to rest in order to heal so that I can continue to do all of the things I love to do, but it's hard. Ya know?

So, what do you do when you have an injury? Change the workout routine or become a bump on a log during recovery?