Is blogging twice a day too much? Not that it matters, it’s not going to stop me

So, onto the physio report card. I was right and the physio wasn’t too happy that there wasn’t any improvement, but at the same time I think he kind of felt somewhat responsible because he couldn’t do a follow up the first time I presented with this problem. For those who are not aware, the physio had to go away for a couple of weeks on tour with the rugby team when I first presented with this current batch of problems.

After some poking and prodding and some movement tests, he found a really tight spot on my lower back on the right side which I believe is the SI joint and a few more tight trigger points. The first trigger point we already know, it’s in the right gluteus medius area and that was treated with needle accupuncture again. I got immediate relief with the accupuncture, it still hasn’t stopped amazing me.

The other trigger points were in my left hip flexor and left tensor fascia lata. I got traditional trigger point release techniques using ischaemic compression. Man it hurt but it was good pain and it released the trigger points just as effectively as accupuncture. The hip flexor trigger point release just plain hurt, but I couldn’t decide whether to cry out in pain or laugh hysterically at the tensor fascia lata trigger point release. It was a weird combination of pain and tickling.

At the end of the session, I got the obligatory heat treatment across the gluteals which is always nice and relaxing. He told me that I could keep practicing as long as I don’t do anything that hurts and that I back off my practice a lot more than what I am already doing. He also advised that I need to continue the stretches for the gluteus and piriformis.

I’m glad and relieved that I feel better, there’s still a little twinge here and there but it’s much more bearable than pre-physio. I’m going for a series of treatments similar to how the last injury I had was treated, so my next appointment is Thursday afternoon.

I had a good practice today (I practiced after the physio session) and for the first time in a long time, a lot of things felt “right”. I had previously reported how the first side in janu shirshasana A felt very different to the second side. Well, that imbalance was 80% gone in today’s practice. Many of the asanas where I felt some imbalance suddenly felt more balanced.

I took practice at an easy pace, skipped many, many many vinyasas. I can’t believe I’m saying this (C would have a heart attack!), but I missed my vinyasas! Practice was still sweaty without them, but definitely not as sweaty as usual. I added in marichyasana B and D, bound in B but not in D (because of the hip - no pain-inducing asanas, physio’s orders). Took two tries to come up from bhujapidasana and still ended up on my ass. Went up in shirshasana with straight legs all the way, all by myself without a wall, but I don’t think I was fully straight. Backed off all forward bends so I didn’t have my chest to my thighs once, I would say my forward bends were at 50% of its capability.

Shavasana was hectic at first, I couldn’t seem to stop my mind racing, but once I got in control of it, I was in bliss. I stayed in shavasana for a good 15 minutes before reluctantly getting up.