I like to think of myself as a fairly physically fit individual for my age...not overweight...don't smoke...exercise weekly...blah, blah, blah. I can barely move today because I spent a couple hours yesterday at a clinic run by Tang Soo Do Masters. It hurts to lift my arms, it hurts to put my arms down, it hurts to sit down, it hurts to stand up. I don't want to think about doing anything that requires lifting or bending...this includes feeding myself and going to the bathroom. There is a group of muscles on my back, immediately below each shoulder blade that ache constanlty. I didn't even know I had a muscle group there. What's worse is realizing what made them ache. Throwing punches into thin air. Yes, that's right, punching and conneting only with air has injured me. My delusion of myself as a kick-ass karate mom has dissolved. I'm merely a middle-aged woman who wears unflattering, oversized pajamas a couple times a week and hops around on a padded mat.