The Olympics and an Unfortunate Injury
I've come to really enjoy subscribing to Peacock for one month during the Olympics. It's about $20 for the no-ad version, the interface is clean, the coverage is 100X better than the NBC primetime coverage, and it's easy to choose the events you want to add to your personal list.
A+, so far.
I was watching on Saturday (skiathlon, I think) as I lifted weights and did abdominal exercises, which is my usual exercise routine on one day of the weekend. It all went well, and I was very pleased with myself as I went to get up to start shoulder exercises.
Only I found I couldn't get up.
When I tried, I had a sharp pain in my lower back, and by sharp, I mean agonizing. 10/10 no notes. It took a few minutes for me to get back on the couch.
I knew it was going to be bad, because a lower back problem is always bad.
Since then, my back's been going into spasm 8-12 times a day, painful enough that it makes me shout (a new experience for me). Having to get up at night to go to the bathroom is a real experience in ingenuity.
It hasn't seized up yet today because I'm starting to feel when it's about to happen and shift my position or do something to stop it.
So far, at least.
I've also done a thousand cat-cow stretches and I'm trying to sit as little as possible. It's not great.
Oh yeah, Lindsey Vonn got hurt, too. That was also unfortunate.
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