Well, not really. I have an old skating injury from probably 8 years ago, caused by a really bad fall when I stepped on the ice w/ my guards on. At the time, I wondered if I had broken my hip. Luckily I didn't, but the damage done to the soft tissue all through that area has stayed with me. I had a PT work on it--for almost a year, to get it to the point where I wasn't in pain w/ almost every movement. After that as long as I stayed active & made sure to stretch, it stayed pretty good. When I started doing some weight lifting, it got even better as it got stronger from that.
SO--fast forward to now. I've been off the ice for about a year, for various reasons. For other various reasons the last 6 months have been the least active of my life. I maybe took a short walk once or twice a week, and that was about it. Of course, I gained a lot of weight, and am very out of shape.
Have now decided I will NOT live like this! I re-joined a gym & have been swimming laps, and am skating once or twice a week. The hip is in BAD shape! I feel it when I swim if I kick a certain way, and it can't support back 3-turns when I skate. Today I went to the gym to lift weights for the first time, & did all lower body machines. When I got to the leg curls (one leg at a time), I gasped loudly at the pain it caused! WOW!! Figuring I'm targeting the weakest spot, I didn't back down & went ahead & did all my reps, although on the 2nd circuit I dropped the weight down.
So I'm wondering--is it good to push through the pain like this, figuring it will be getting stronger? My PT told me a lot of the pain was caused by scar tissue that gets matted together if it's not regularly stretched/pushed etc. This pain may be some of that ripping apart--which if anyone has experienced that they know the agony!
I know I should go back to see him again, but have been stalling due to finances.