Pummelled

I had my appointment at the osteopath this evening and the good news is that I don’t seem to have done anything serious to my knees. The fact that I had a walk in the hills without any twinges yesterady was probably good evidence of that anyway but professional opinions are always welcome.

I probably just pulled a tendon and it was taking its time to heal up, my continued training not helping. The osteopath also noted that I had very flat feet, a left knee cap which turns in while standing and very tense hip muscles. This has caused a bit of an imbalance of strength between my legs. All of those combined wouldn’t have helped either. After the inspection there followed half an hour of various stretches and massage. Some of this involved having an elbow pushed deep into various muscles. She commented that I must have a high pain threshold as a lot of guys find it very painful.

The plan of action is simple; rest it up some more (though tai-chi is allowed) and I’ll head in for a follow up next week. Until then I’ve got some new stretches to do in the evenings with a view to loosening up my stupidly tense muscles. It didn’t surprise me to hear that more of my muscles and limbs refuse to relax, it’s what I have a big problem during tai-chi as well.