It was bound to happen

I”ve been keeping a decent exercise regime for the past six weeks and feeling pretty good about my fitness. I’m doing exercises I never thought I’d be able to do (even when I was a decent size and younger) and I’m getting fit again. The health benefits are the bonus right now. So I was going through one of my Wii fitness programs and had to do some jumping jacks. I still don’t care for jumping exercises but I’ve been getting through the lot of them when they come up. I had done a few of them when they started becoming rather painful in my right calf…the pain that had been lingering for a week or more obviously was catching up. I had to skip a few of the exercises after that but finished a decent routine. This was on Monday so I opted to rest on Tuesday after three days of workouts. Wednesday I was at the pool and did my water walking and pseudo swimming laps again. I didn’t feel quite as satisfied but I did get some decent exercise.Yesterday I went out for a bike ride, under the assumption I’d be using different muscles. That went well enough…

So late last night I stepped outside to dump the tea leaves in the tea maker and made a sudden rush to get back inside. And that’s when I felt the pop in my right calf along with some pain. It did ease after a little while but obviously I’ve torn something.  So now I’ve got the dilemma of how to get a good workout without exacerbating the injury.