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duriyahI had tickets to see the Canadian synth-pop band Metric last night. I had rfunk buy the tickets a month ago when they went on sale, figuring the show might be sold out. The show was at the Newport, a mostly standing-room-only venue with a few scattered chairs. I knew was taking a risk, betting that I would be strong enough to be able to stand without much pain for the length of a pop concert.
Unfortunately for me, I ended up being scheduled to give a workshop at work yesterday, the same day as the concert. Would I be able to make it through an afternoon of teaching followed by an evening out?
I actually did a lot of standing during the training. I actually made it through the first hour and a half without wishing for a chair. After that I switched off between sitting in a chair and standing. I made it through the afternoon, though.
Driving home, I realized the pain in my low back was at about a 2. That's not bad, but is really my limit for continuing whatever activity is causing the pain. In this case, standing.
I ended up not being able to go to the concert, and I'm pretty bummed about that. But the silver lining is that I now know I can stand for up to an hour and a half without increasing pain. That's quite an improvement from the 10 minutes of standing I was able to do six months ago.
Now I have to decide whether to try for the Concrete Blonde concert in three weeks.
Edited to add: My strategy for recovering/getting through the strain of a concert included taking the following day off. This was a hugely good idea and I'm happily enjoying my day off today. :-)
rfunk buy the tickets a month ago when they went on sale, figuring the show might be sold out. The show was at the Newport, a mostly standing-room-only venue with a few scattered chairs. I knew was taking a risk, betting that I would be strong enough to be able to stand without much pain for the length of a pop concert.Unfortunately for me, I ended up being scheduled to give a workshop at work yesterday, the same day as the concert. Would I be able to make it through an afternoon of teaching followed by an evening out?
I actually did a lot of standing during the training. I actually made it through the first hour and a half without wishing for a chair. After that I switched off between sitting in a chair and standing. I made it through the afternoon, though.
Driving home, I realized the pain in my low back was at about a 2. That's not bad, but is really my limit for continuing whatever activity is causing the pain. In this case, standing.
I ended up not being able to go to the concert, and I'm pretty bummed about that. But the silver lining is that I now know I can stand for up to an hour and a half without increasing pain. That's quite an improvement from the 10 minutes of standing I was able to do six months ago.
Now I have to decide whether to try for the Concrete Blonde concert in three weeks.
Edited to add: My strategy for recovering/getting through the strain of a concert included taking the following day off. This was a hugely good idea and I'm happily enjoying my day off today. :-)