Injury Update

Thursday 10/05/07:
My much awaited appointment with my physio Rachel finally arrived. I was in her office at 8am this morning. Filled out the appropriate forms and ticked a couple of boxes that will insure my treatment is fully covered by A.C.C. - I've said it before and I'll say it again - I didn't get injured on purpose - so it must be an accident! Besides, I pay my levies as much as the next guy!

Didn't take Rach long to find the 'hot spot' although as I said to her, if she'd been doing that I week ago I would have been leaping off the bed - its so much better than it was... However once she got her fingers into the muscle that comes up beside the inner ankle and attaches to the tibia, the pain was excruciating... She found a large lump of what she presumes is dried blood, from a strain or tear... probably sustained the day of the Orca Women's Challenge, possible on the steep downhill section... Some massage, ultrasound treatment and heat packs later, I was on my way to work, with three more appointments for next week - Mon/Wed/Fri. Have to say, I left feeling happier than I have been about it all... just relieved that its not the bone itself and that we have actually found a cause. At least now we can get on with fixing it...

She's recommended that I say away from running until at least the beginning of next week when I see her again - and told me to get my lazy butt into the pool or on my bike...! I have to say, I immediately noticed how much looser the entire area felt - obviously it was all nice and warm and relaxed when I left her office, but even for the rest of the day, I have not had a single niggle or twinge from it. So I will be following her instructions to the letter, I feel in really good hands with Rach and trust her impeccably... and shes just such a neat chic as well! We had a really good chat and a laugh today.

I know I've been a pretty slack blogger lately and when I have posted its been to moan about my injury and nothing more... Sorry folks! But its hard to be up-beat on your running blog when you can't run... I just keep reminding myself that I'm not the only one injured and some others have it a lot worse...

So here's a couple of tidbits about other things that are going on in my world... Baxter is now 6 months old and as such is off to the vets in the morning for "the snip"!! He really is the naughtiest cat I've ever owned, but oh so cute with it!! Bungie still doesn't like him very much as he constantly annoys her. On top of that, Courtney has a part in the school assembly tomorrow - each week a different class is in charge of proceedings and tomorrow its hers. She has been given the part of the 'announcer" and has a long list of introductions and announcements to make over the microphone, as well as joining in with the rest of her class to do a demonstration of what they've been learning in class about "Shaping the Earth" They're all dressing up as "mad scientists" and blowing up a paper-mache volcano they've made!! So I'll be popping in to catch some of that in the early afternoon. Oh and she also has her "math-a-thon" test - they're raising money for the new school library and 'IT Centre' - it's all go, I tell ya! Saturday she has a "basic skills day" and competition for gymnastics and then of course Sunday is Mothers Day... Honestly, I don't know where I find the time to run anyway!