Injury

Taking It Easy

Actually, the title of this post is just to throw Von SmallHaussen off the scent . . . The real title should be “Race Practice”. I was working from home today, systemising a firm’s quotation process - currently it’s about 4-8 hours of black art, which I’m turning into 4-8 minutes of filling in the...
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I Need A [New] Shoulder to Cry On

Our friends from over the road are back from their holidays, so Shana’s back on the programme. That meant an 05:45 start for me to get up & fed before she arrived at 06:30 for our run/walk session. After yesterday’s cycling on Wilf, my shoulder was really quite sore. Not the “I can hardly see...
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A Catalogue of Errors

So on Saturday morning, I went to see the folks at Swiss Physio about my shoulder & neck. On the whole, this wasn’t the chiropractic pain-fest I was half expecting, but actually quite a gentle & civilised experience. What did come out of it as I discussed my history of upper body injuries & likely...
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Such a Beautiful Day

. . . . and I’m relegated to driving instead of cycling. It took me a whole half hour today to decide that my neck & shoulder really isn’t better, and I should take Lisa’s excellent advice and rest it until I’ve been checked over by someone who Knows what they’re talking about Hasn’t got a...
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Am I Injured or Just Ill?

Am I Injured or Just Ill?

After Monday night’s tough pool session, I woke up on Tuesday with a bit of a stiff neck, and a little pain on its left side. By the end of the day, I was getting pain across my left shoulder, which got worse, and spread to the back of my left arm, and a...
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