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January 14, 2006

Physio - III

So a crazy day at work today with 27'000 people up both hills skiing - the highest number this season - so things got a little manic at times. I raced out of work at just after 5 and got to my physio appointment at 5:15.

Initial measurement showed my leg was still at 18* - which was good.

The session started with a warm-up on the bike and some bending and stretching of my knee, followed by some massage and ultrasound on my MCL.

Next came IMS... it involved me lying on my stomach with my leg proped up so it was fully relaxed. Karina then hunted down my calf muscle loking for knots, upon finding one she took an Acupuncture needle and stuck it into my leg to 'aggitate the muscle nerves'. Once suitable aggitated the muscle spasms, which breaks all the nasty cross fibres which have formed and allows the muscle to relax further than before. Which is good.

IMS however, is sore. 2-3 crazy muscle spasms have left my calf with that feeling of just having an injection - but all over. A hot bath afterwards has helped - and to her credit it does feel a hell of alot better.

I'm continuing my gym regieme of Hot-tub and cycling machine as much as possible. I went last night but the tub was occupied by 4 of the illicite children of Jabba-the-hut and Chewi, so I didn't feel much like sharing... tonight hopefully will be better.

Karina thinks the source of my problems is my incredible knotted hamstring - so IMS on tuesday could be fun.

I'll keep you posted

Posted by edwardnorthridge at January 14, 2006 11:43 PM

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