Hip Update

Visit to the Myo last night. I told him the sorry story of the last 5 weeks (rolled ankle, no activity, rubber ball torture) and he showed me photos from his Safari trip to Africa.

He's happy that the rubber ball seems to be doing the trick, as he dug his elbow into my hip and butt. I'm allowed to do short runs and take Voltarin afterwards. I also need to get back into my morning walks as walking helps strengthen the medius muscle. He gave me a couple of exercises to do too - stand on one leg, and slump and raise the opposite hip; and on my back in 'bridge' to activate the glutes. He's not too fussed about muscle strength/weakness though - it's fine. He only gave me these exercises because I asked him about them.

I've also been under attack from my sinuses for the last few days - and now that our caring government has removed the only decent drug from the market (pseudoephedrine), I'm stuck with some half-arsed substitute that only lasts four hours and doesn't do as good a job. Ugh.

Run tonight - running helps the head, if not the hip. And I have good drugs for the hip(!)