Two Wheel Blogs

There must be a million things that can go wrong with a body. Most of us probably take all of them for granted until one of those things draws attention to itself.

Last night I was celebrating my youngest son's birthday by playing with him and my other sons in the back yard. It is the little things that always seem to cause the injuries.

I have talked with a few people who have had fairly major injuries over the years. One factor seems fairly common, and that is that the cause seems to always be some mundane task that no one would ever guess would result in a temporarily disabled body. I once knew a power lifter that could move huge amounts of weight in the gym, he hurt his back putting groceries in his car...oh the irony.

I was jumping around having a water fight of sorts with my kids and my lower back started to tighten up. It was only a few minutes later that I could barely walk. An hour later I went to bed for the night while my kids were still playing. That sort of thing is hard to do...get sidelined while your kids are playing in the next room.

It is just some wonky muscle, it will pass. No big deal. Unfortunately, I will not be able to even think about riding until it heals.

Last week I did not do any core exercises. They got pushed out of the schedule as I upped my saddle time. I was contemplating this weekend weather the core work would get forced back into the schedule or if I would continue to enjoy more saddle time. I doubt that taking a week off the core work resulted in this minor injury, but I think this event has helped me to decide to re-start my core work as soon as I am able.

Enjoy the ride, but keep everything else in check. This muscle in my back is probably the size of your thumb, but it has taken the whole machine out of use. It is the little things...