Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Injury update - Hip flexor and knee extensor tears

After hearing a 'pop' on Saturday morning during the first real 'test' for my leg, I was keen to find out what I had damaged this time. After examining my leg thoroughly, Ross said that I had torn my hip flexor from the sprinting on Saturday. He said that the muscle was most likely damaged/weakened during the initial injury and it was only a matter of time before it suffered a similar fate, so it was good that we had identified the problem by stress testing my thigh. He also found that my knee extensor was torn also.
I was given more stretches, told to take it easy for the rest of the week and to continue with the recovery programme. I'm totally devastated with this latest injury setback. Realistically, I can't see me climbing again this year and I think it's best to focus on a return in January 2011 - this time I'm not going to rush back until my leg is fully healed and well rested. All very frustrating!