Last night had such promise as a balmy Perth summer’s evening sitting on the grass and watching CBoy do all the work! It was far from that. The scene was set, they had a large number of people turn up for ultimate frisbee. FD#1 and I had done our 2 laps of the oval; we debated on a 3rd lap (which I wanted) but her tongue was hanging so far out of her mouth and he ribs were heaving, so I let her win and we plonked ourselves down in the shade. At 6.45pm MGirl phoned, her commitment finished, and offered to pick up Subway for dinner. I suggested she meet me here, and we could have a picnic while CBoy finished…sweet. By the time she arrived it was dinnertime, not for us but the local population of mosquitoes! They were everywhere and the old adage “I never get bitten by mosquitoes” didn’t seem to apply! They were all over us. CBoy still had nearly an hour to go so MGirl and I retreated to the car with FD#1 to eat out dinner. The only problem was the car was really hot and we had to leave it open in order to breathe! So they got in there too, but it was much better. Aeroguard is a definite must for CBoy’s frisbee kit bag!!
This morning I went to my physio appointment. In the past I’ve not been that keen on physiotherapists as any complaint I’d had was easily fixed by my chiropractor. This isn’t the case with my leg and I went this morning with a positive attitude and a hope that the problem can be quickly rectified. Basically the issue is this: where my leg is sore is on the inside of my calf to the rear of the front shin bone. This area is mostly tendon with very little muscle. The tendon is obviously irritated and overused and not getting enough time to rest and repair itself. The cause seems to be in a different part of my leg, the calf. She pointed out, by pointing into my calf muscle, that it is very knotty. I had no idea really as they’ve not given me any bother and they stretch out ok…but yes, they were knotty this morning. Due to the many deep-seated knots, the calf muscles are not functioning properly as a group, and the tendon is working overtime to compensate for the calf muscles slacking off. She did acupuncture on my calf, and is hoping after a few treatments that the muscles will have freed up, allowing them to take more of the stress of the running stride, instead of the tendon that is hurting now.
She mentioned doing both sides, but didn’t get to the other leg today. I have another appointment on Friday. I’ve also bought myself a foam roller, it was bliss when she showed me how to use it and roll over all the muscle areas that seem more difficult to stretch. I can’t wait to use it, but now it’s another thing to make time for. Quite important though if it helps me keep my legs and body together. She seemed to think that with a few treatments we would know if it is successful; the next step being to go to a sports podiatrist to check out the structure of my foot and have a running analysis done.
The other positive note is that she said it is fine for me to use the elliptical cross trainer that I was given by a friend, as it is low-to-no impact and I can keep working aerobically until my leg is healed. Hopefully it won’t take too long.
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