Iliotibial band syndrome, apparently
I saw Sudir at the Westminister Physiotherapy centre today in a bid to heal myself faster and get myself back into my full training regimen. Good news; Sudir’s amazing blend of Eastern and Western...
View ArticleITBS treatment: phase 2
I had really hoped that when I saw Sudhir today that I would be given a running and schedule and sent back to resume my training. Such was not to be. Instead, I underwent: Acupuncture – which...
View ArticleThese feet are made for… falling over
ITBS Physio session number 3: I learn how to bend my knee. Single knee dips are my focus for the week – trying to do so without rolling my right kneecap in or my pelvis sideways, both tendencies I...
View ArticleKeeping up diligence with my ITBS physio exercises
This isn’t easy. It’s never been easy to maintain a fixed regimen of daily, tedious, repetitive, and in this case distinctly painful exercises. My routine involves: Morning rolls on the foam roller –...
View ArticleOngoing ITBS treatment saga
My physio Sudhir is on holiday this week, on a meditation retreat (!), so he’s having his colleague torture me for the week. Anna was disappointed to hear of the forgotten orthotic as it limits the...
View ArticlePhysio week 4: getting impatient
So, I’ve been studiously doing the physio exercises, and, miracle of miracles – the ITB rolling doesn’t even hurt any more! But – I need more strength in the relevant weak muscles (quads, etc) so on...
View ArticleVICTORY IS MINE
At least, a kind of fleeting victory over this ITBS injury. Today, I jumped for Sudhir. First horizontally in some kind of monstrous modern-age torture-rack-pilates equipment-type thing, then for...
View ArticleThe ‘litmus run’
For those of us who don’t remember our primary school chemistry, the litmus test uses a special bit of paper which contains a chemical extracted from lichen to indicate if a solution is acid or...
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A roller, a roller, my kingdom for a roller
I’ve been desperately hunting around Malaysian sports shops looking for a foam roller, which you may remember was a big part of my miracle cure for ITBS. Admittedly my current plans for heavy running...
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