Physio resumed (by sarah)
This morning at the ungodly hour of 8:30 am I had a physiotherapy appointment - the one for when I hurt my back in the autum. It turns out that becuase I am young there is still alot of water on the discs in my back making them prone to being squeezed out of place - the disc sort of popped out a bit and that was what cuased the pain. It gets worse when I sit for more than fifteen minutes or bend over too much (this is nuaghty bending from the waist rather than simply crouching) This is becuase those actions are pushing the disc back out where as the excersises I stole from my seperated pelvis excersises and walking help push it back in.
Unfortunatly the physio said that the muscles have all really spasmed around it so that I manipulation would put me out of action for too long so its the slowely slowely approach. Also apparently part of my lower spine is ridged and not flexing at all - this she said is probably just the way I am but that it needs sorting.
The stretches she did to test how bad things where tended to hurt and put pressure on my knees which lead to a discussion on that. I had been told back at Chelsea and Westminster hospital that I had refered pain from my lower back damage but the Physio said she thought there was actually something wronge with the knee joints themselves. This as you can imagine didn't exactly cheer me up. We desided that as they only hurt properlly once or twice a week unless its really cold its not currently worth worrying about.
She was suprised that I had such good range of movement considering how spasmed the muscles are and the pain I'm in but I pointed out I do my excersises still especially when things are really bad - I pointed out I'd had the pain management stuff in London. She nodded then asked me lots more questions including stuff about other joints.
So many of my joints have become unstable - though I dont really know what that means. I am in for more grulling and painful physio and this time its hourly for one excersise, two hourly for others and twice daily for yet more - plus pacing walking so as not to activate the pelvis which still decides to click painfully if I do too much - sigh.
Poor Ella got dragged to the appointment with me at stupid o'clock but went into PAinswick to photograph things - we then walked back to Cranham which I think was two and something miles but I may be wronge.
Thu 7th Feb 2008 11:59 am 
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