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Apologies to Neil Armstrong and the heroics of the Apollo 11 mission, but I couldn’t think of a better title for today’s post.
Since I last blogged (and I now find myself wallowing on page 6 on the blogs) I have continued my stretches, heat massage and posture exercises. The numb leg has eased and I did nothing for another week. I saw the physiotherapist last Wednesday, generally she seemed pleased with progress. I got my own car back on the Tuesday and was getting less numbness from the driving. She did her usual stretching and twisting and the back clicked and popped, the hamstring and gluteals were “tenderly” kneaded and I came up against the sharp end of an interferential machine. It was rather like having my back and buttock scrubbed with barbed wire. Half way through she asked how I was, and after the grimacing “OK…just” she turned it down slightly. At the end of that she said I could start to do a bit more if it felt ok. At the time it felt like a sick joke, but did seem easier as the days went by.
Saturday, I had to do some tidying up in the garden. You may recall I got a new shed a few weeks back and as all men know, it is impossible to spend too much time in a shed. Sunday the heavens opened and there was no way I was going to run in that only to discover a mile in that I would have to walk home. So tonight I ventured out for the first time for two weeks. While offspring was at piano lesson I did a very gentle 1 mile loop, twice. What’s more the first loop was so gentle, I did a negative split on the second. What’s even more, no niggles.
I intend to back to the gym tomorrow to try and keep the rest of me fit, and may do a bit of gentle treadmill stuff, then its back to the physioterrorist on Wednesday, when I hope to persuade her to leave me alone.
Just in case any of the comments on the last post caused any confusion “Names mean nothing” is my son who is called Richard – shortened to “Rich” (hence the names mean nothing tag) – and we found out a week or so ago that he is only an inch shorter than me. My days are numbered.
I had my “Swine Flu Jab” today –so with that and my normal flu jab, looks like I’m working through till March non stop! Hey ho!
Hope everyone out there is doing some good running, because I'm not....yet
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Aaww - but you will soon, hopefully ........... Funnily enough I see the chiroterrorist tomorrow - so am determined to squeeze in a run in the morning before work ..... which reminds better be off to bed will have to be up at 6!!! yikes thats almost scarier!