Here We Go Again!

Now which bit is it that hurts???? Well here I am concentrating on rehabilitating my Achilles, and what do you know, my blinkin left glute and hamstring start giving me grief. So much so that I am having trouble sitting down!

These nagging injuries that appear out of the blue are so frustrating. In some ways I would rather fall over and end up with a bone in plaster. At least I would know why I have hurt myself and what I need to do to get healthy again. When I hurt my Achilles back in April, I thought it would get better with rest; of course it never did! I didn’t seek treatment until July. So this time it was straight to the Doc. I have a physio appointment today; hopefully, I can get this sorted quickly. After reading up on hamstring injuries, the recurring theme is this:

By far the most common cause of hamstring injuries originates from an imbalance between the quadriceps muscles (located at the front of the upper leg) and the hamstring muscles.

So, I suspect that I will be taking on another rehab stretching routine. At this rate I will do no training but turn into a full time injury prevention training freak!!

I had been building my aerobic fitness recently, with a view to ramping up the intensity after Christmas. With a house move scheduled for March 10, I can more or less right off March in training terms. Hence my plan is to have a hard Feb and then pick up the efforts in April again. That way, I may be in some sort of shape by July.