For those following along at home, or that
are merely curious, I thought I’d provide a brief update on the hamstring
situation.
So after running the city to bay and
travelling a fair bit I finally managed to go to see a physio last week. His
advice was that given I wasn’t attempting to play elite level sports that there
was no point going in for surgery. He believes that with a regime of
strengthening and stretching I should be back on the park for next year and
probably even better off than I was this year. We shall see.
I asked if I was allowed to run, because
without that, well let’s just say that there would likely be a lot more of me
come the start of next year. Thankfully he said yes, though I’m not allowed to
run faster that 5:30kms. Fortunately with my current level of fitness following
the poor run at the end of the year, that’s not really a problem after the
first 2 or 3 kms.
For now, its stretching, rollers and
weights with some dry needling thrown in for fun.
At least I’m not completely laid up though!
