I gave up on running again by that point, but decided to give it another shot. I started with one minute runs, but the next day I was as sore as if I had run for a mile or two. I tried some longer runs up to two miles, and the running feels fine, but the next day of two all sorts of muscles are thrown and pulled out of whack.
I thought I found some new and unique movement pattern exercises that worked amazingly in a new way for me and for a week I felt great, but then they stopped working. Last week I did a 3 mile run on the treadmill and it felt easy, but the next day and still through to today, everything around my hip keeps firing up and causing all sort of tightness that migrates around my hips, back, and legs. I was hoping to be able to get in shape to to a 5k Thanksgiving day race and eventually another winter of snowshoe racing, but I don't like how I feel the days after running. It is so uncomfortable.
In the past few months, I have been checking out a few books that I hope could help me, but I haven't found the correct therapy (if there is one for me yet). Anyhow, here are some quick observations of a few of those books, but first I will start with two videos.
I wish there was a book or website for this. I discovered this movement and a few others from Susan McLaughlin (her blog) on YouTube. It is based on work by Gary Ward (website). Doing these exercises for a week had me feeling great and is the type of movement pattern I need. Unfortunately, there is not much on the web about this and it seems you have to learn to be a trainer to learn the movements. These felt very "right" for me when I did them, but I realize it is only a small part of a whole movement program.
I always check out newly published books to see what I can glean that might be helpful.
is the newest book by Kelly Starrett of Crossfit MWwod fame. He advocates all sorts of strategies to improve mobility and movement. A lot of his suggestions have been too drastic for my problems, but if you want to go into the "pain cave" then he is your guy. This book is geared towards runners, moreso than his previous book Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance
. He also has a framework based on 12 performance standards to build his book around. I was reading a bit of his chapter on hydration last night and was convinced to move away from drinking diet sodas and plain water and start trying some Nuun All Day Hydration
tablets to add to some tap water.
is a book I had higher hopes for. I think it is a great book, but I need to figure out how to run before this book would help me. If I was up and running, I think this would be a great book for building fitness and strength in a smart way.
I got the audio/video Kindle version. Again, if my hip mechanics were not bothering me, I think some of his exercises and theories would be helpful, but I realized I have a hard time diving deeply into a book like this when I have to first be able to run without the problems I get hours later. It is like a chicken-horse thing. I have to figure out what is wrong with the chicken before I can ride the horse. No one has written the book on how I can fix my chicken! And I can't put the horse before the chicken!
by Katy Bowman is an interesting book on human movement. She does some deep thinking, but writes in a practical and easy to understand way. Katy is also very down to earth, however sometimes it seems that she is writing more for a female audience.
Sean Schniederdjan writes lots of short ebooks with interesting takes on movement practices. I tried out two more of his books this summer. He comes up with different exercises to try. Sometimes they pop something back into place for me and sometimes later the exercise stops working, but as the doctors say, my body is too complicated. He does try to simplify and find unusual things to try: Cure Tight Hips Anywhere: Open Locked Up Hips and Pelvis Anytime, Anywhere (Simple Strength Book 1)
and Move Like Humans: Feel Better, Move Better, Discover How Your Body Moves
The first book is not as comprehensive as the second. You can find many of his movements at Sean's Youtube channel. 
was just published this week and I received my copy today. This one impresses me greatly upon first view. It is full and comprehensive. Jill Miller puts out her own DVDs and has her own therapy balls and tools under the Yoga TuneUp brand. She also has been working with Kelly Starrett a lot recently. There are photos galore with tons of ways to use balls, blocks, and other tools to work on muscles. I see many things I want to try. From the looks of it, I will spend lots of time with this book. The photos of muscles and bones are helpful and I see so many new ways to use massage balls on muscles throughout the body.These are all good book recommendations if you are interested in movement therapy and ways to deal with muscular or joint tightness. That said, what works for you may not work for me. These are intriguing reads and guides, but I am still looking for that magic something that gets me running pain-free. My worry is that I have some residual post surgery thing that can't be fixed. I don't quite yet understand why I can ride 100 miles in a day on my ElliptiGO, but can't run 100 yards without dealing with discomfort that next day.
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