Before I get into the nitty gritty of today's post I need to report my weight. I was nervous about this weight. Last Friday I weighed in and then I had a gluttonous weekend and on Monday when life returned to normal I took a sneak peak at the scales and I was up 3 pounds. EEEEK! SO today's weigh in made me nervous. Low and behold...2 pounds down from last Fridays weight (5 pounds down from Monday's weight!) WOOO HOOO! I will take that and run with it!!!!!
And now on to the scheduled programming for today. (
I suffer from a few ailments:
* I was
diagnosed with arthritis when I was about 29 years. I played around with a lot
of different remedies and fixes. I don’t
like medicine so I looked at copper bracelets, braces, garlic and other natural
arthritis busting foods.
* Last
year I was felled by a case of plantars fasciitis and tarsal tunnel. I have tried various remedies and fixes for
these ailments also. I have done the
rest, lotions and potions. I know that
the biggest relief I have gotten is when I tape my foot up tight, so I do that,
but then lament at the continual cost of the tape.
These conditions are ongoing, something I've had to learn to
deal with through various products and practices. So when I heard about TommieCopper, I was really interested. Tommie
Cooper is a company that makes compression garments and sleeves (elbow and knee
sleeves ….or what I would sometimes call a brace). What makes Tommie Cooper unique? “Activated copper is at the core of every
Tommie Copper garment……it is permanently and densely infused into all
performance yarns” That interested me
from the get go as I had long ago looked at wearing a copper bracelet for it’s
benefit on my aching joints. Secondly? I’ve heard really good things about
compression garments…..so to combine copper and compression into some exercise
gear sounded like a REALLY good idea. I
nosed around on their website. I liked
what I saw, except for the price. But I
vowed to get some socks whenever I had a bit of extra money. I pushed the thought aside. And then I was contacted by the company to do
a review on some of their products. I
was over the moon happy!
My box arrived this past Tuesday. I opened it up and looked at my new
goodies. I had received a pair of ankle
socks, a pair or black calf socks and a pair of Capri pants. I refrained from digging right in and instead
vowed to wait until my next scheduled run…which was for Thursday morning.
Thursday morning rolled around and I was up and ready to try
on my new items. The Capri pants were
the first thing to go on. They felt
comfortable and fit me like a glove. I
looked in the mirror and was like “ok” not bad.
I moved around in a few weird gyrations to make sure that they would be
fine for a morning run and noticed no problems.
I was ready to roll.
My socks and shoes were the last thing to go on. I chose the ankle socks for my run. I slipped the sock onto my foot and I
immediately let out a long sigh. Ohhh
heavens, they felt GOOD. The tight band
that wrapped around my foot and supported my arch was AWESOME. (Can you hear
the angels singing that word….because I can?)
You see, when my plantar is really bothering me, the quickest relief is
when I tape it up nice and tight. This
pair of socks did that without the tape.
Ahhhh….. did I say heaven?
Yes, the blur behind my foot is my cat Desi, he is such a
camera hog, he sees a camera and he comes running!
I was quickly out the door and ready to roll. I drove to Hagerstown to meet up with Paula, my friend
for our fun. She snapped the pictures of
me showing off the pants.
We started at the
Fairgrounds and meandered down to Pangborn
Park
3.44 miles
completed….in our normal crazy fashion
(yes, we actually stopped to smell the roses…or rather
daffodils)
After my shower, I got dressed for work I decided to wear the calf socks to work…..
Of course, maybe wearing them with these shoes may be
counter productive. Ha ha ha
And the verdict on Tommie Cooper……
The pants…nothing
rubbed wrong, it actually felt as if I wasn't wearing any pants (which would be
a whole different issue were that the case).
My knee felt great under the compression…maybe it was the copper, who
knows. I liked running in the
pants. I will definitely be using them as frequently as possible in the normal rotation of my workout pants. Very comfortable! When I am next looking for exercise pants
(when my size goes down) from what I experienced today, I will be quite
favorable to buying another pair of Tommie Copper pants. (Plus, Paula told me
that they made me look slimmer…..and that my derriere looked fantastic in
them…..heck, that just made these pants even better in my book!)
The socks are what I am in love with. IN. LOVE. WITH. THE. SOCKS. I
have long suffered from foot problems and my feet actually felt great after
running. My feet felt wonderful in the black socks while I was at work wearing my pink boots. I was actually sad about taking off my socks to get into the hot tub that evening, and seriously contemplated putting back on a pair of dirty socks so that I could experience them longer!. I have quickly been converted to
become a huge fan of these socks!!!!! The
only thing that will keep me from running out and buying a drawer full of
Tommie Copper socks is the price. In
fact, I’m petrified that these pairs of socks will be one of the ones that
mysteriously lose their match in the wash. Ehhh....Cost aside, owning a couple pairs pairs of these bad boys are well worth
it!!!!!!!!