#Physio

From back to basics to monkey business

With hindsight, I should have given more thought to the zip wires. There are basically two ways to land: running it out if landing forwards;

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Dec 4, 20196 min read

Funnybones and tantrums

At the heart of it all is the relationship between the kinetic chains that have developed to ‘control’ the ACL knee and the impact they are

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Sep 16, 20193 min read

End of phase two... and the issue of trust

I was going to write an entry on the issue of trust when it comes to choosing/working with medical professionals and then circumstances...

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Aug 15, 20195 min read

Reading between the lines

A few weeks late but it’s time for another update so here we go. In short, I’ve come to the conclusion that knees are simply a sh1t...

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Nov 5, 20186 min read

Injury and identity

Is there a point where having a recurrent or long-term injury (which should be fixable but doesn’t seem to be too keen on the concept) ultim

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Aug 30, 20184 min read

Phase one complete, time for phase two

So, here we are, nearly two months after my last update. First things, first: Baby L arrived a in May and, following a small hiccup...

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Jul 4, 20185 min read

Freedom (and kicking Quasimodo into touch)

Three weeks back after my holiday and, after losing the first week to a virus, I’ve been back in the gym and making good progress. In...

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Jul 18, 20173 min read

A moment's distraction

In a change from my usual musings, the last couple of weeks of General Election campaigning and terrorism mean I have more political...

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Jun 7, 20173 min read

Marathons, psychology and BS bingo

I'm not really sure where to start today's post - there have been lots of part posts circulating round my head for the last couple of...

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May 7, 20174 min read

A combination of cock up and calamity

I should start this post by acknowledging that my ACL journey hasn't, in the truest sense of the word, been a calamity. True calamity is...

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Mar 30, 20176 min read

Going private - 10 things you need to know

The NHS is, in many ways, a brilliant organisation and I'm well aware that I'm lucky to live in a country that has 'free' (well, we're...

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Mar 7, 20175 min read

Getting the physio right

"If you have good surgery with good physio, you should get a good result. "If you have poor surgery with good physio, you can still get a...

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Feb 6, 20174 min read

ACL Reconstruction - Round One

My first ACL reconstruction took place in 2011. I didn't sleep particularly well the first evening (to be expected) but there was cricket...

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Feb 5, 20172 min read

ACL - Here we go again

Having finally made it back to the gym in November last year - and managed three whole months of activity incident free (first swimming,...

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Feb 5, 20172 min read

Where did it all begin?

I first tore my ACL when I was 10 years old doing gymnastics. Shoot full twist dismount from A-bars. The bars were in a school hall,...

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Jan 30, 20172 min read