Forget taking time off. I'm running. And I actually feel a little better doing light mileage than doing nothing at all. I think the inactivity was needed to try to heal at first, but at this point it's no longer helping the healing process. I'm also doing strengthening with each run.
Mind you, I haven't been doing a ton of miles. It's only 3 weeks. Week 1: 8mi, Week 2: 15mi, Week 3: 22mi. I think I'll keep it mid-20s for a little while, just to see how things go. I'm still horribly out of shape, but at least the runs are now less painful than initially.
On the flip side, I'm now on to my 3rd doctor. At the suggestion of a couple teammates, I'm seeing Dr. Darren Hancock. He's at Chicago Sports and Chiro. Basically, he's a chiropractor, acupuncturist, PT, sports med doctor, jack of all trades. He comes highly recommended, works with a lot of high end athletes including pros and via the USOTC.
I also have a little better understanding of my injury. It may not necessarily be sports hernia aka Athletic Pubalgia. It appears to be more along the lines of Osteitis Pubis, which is an extreme inflammation of the pubic symphysis and bone. A basic description can be found here or here.
My right adductor has been the cause of all this, and it remains balled up or somewhat strained. Hancock is doing Graston. Like the dry needling, it is targeting adductor and the inguinal ligament. Ideally, if those can chill out then the symphysis can calm down. Anti-inflammatories help a lot. I haven't received any injections (yet). I'll give it a week before I start banging on that door.
All in all, it still feels like someone kicked me right in my pubic bone (not my junk... in the joint itself). But at least I know what that means now.... and as a wise man once said, "Knowing is half the battle."
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