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Iliopsoas Bursitis

Breaking news, I'm an intense person. I put everything I have into everything I do. And I don't really know how to back off. The result of that is the occasional injury. While you may take a break in training, I don't understand this concept. This is why I see my physical therapist Jessica every week for things like putting ribs back in place, realigning knee caps, unlocking ankles, the usual. But she also introduced me to the most amazing Dr I have ever worked with, Dr Ibrahim. First, he deals with athletes. So he has never told me to stop doing which ever thing I am doing to hurt myself and take up golf. He probably knows I just wouldn't listen but also knows that won't work for an athlete. And so he fixes me. But he's a sports medicine doctor, so he has many non surgical methods that are amazingly effective. I have received prolotherapy to my knee which improved the grinding and pain tenfold. I had a torn everything in my shoulder and he used different injections to heal it. He uses ultra sound to see what is going on and then to also do the injections. The result: I don't get cut open and am back to training right away. Though sometimes I take a day or two off. So in my latest of mysteries I was having a burning in my leg when I was doing a series of balancing poses on a single leg in yoga. It wasn't the burning muscle feeling, it felt like I was being submerged in boiling water. My physical therapist had tried several things but out of ideas, she sent me off to the Dr. Of course he knew almost right away what it was. Using ultrasound he confirmed I had an iliopsoas bursa. Which was causing pressure on my femoral artery and nerve, hence the burning feeling. And all my practice of tree pose was only aggravating the situation. So I received a cortisone injection and while it feels a little "puffy" it already feels better. So I'll back off just for today but I'm looking forward to training.

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