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ACL reconstruction: 13 years on
BACKGROUND September 2008. Kettering rugby club. I am playing in the lock position. I had complained to the coach a few times that my fellow lock kept collapsing – bad technique – and was concerned...
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Sutton / Wiggins Bike accidents: how do we make cycling safer?
It wasn’t entirely a surprise when I got a call from BBC radio Northampton asking would I be interviewed on their lunchtime show about bike safety, following the recent high profile bike accident of...
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Helpless? The knee will NOT beat me
MRI of the knee ‘When was the last time that you felt helpless?’ Simple. The day that I sat in the consultants office one monday in November and was told that I had grade 4 damage to my cartilage and...
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The Knee Verdict: down but not out!
Thanks to NHS ‘patient choice’ it didn’t take me very long at all to get an appointment with a consultant to check out the problematic knee. To be honest, the pain I can handle, what I wanted to know...
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Knee progress: day 4
It’s day 4,after the operation, and here’s how it’s going so far. It’s very frustrating waddling around with a leg the size if a tree trunk, but I guess I have to be grateful for a few things. I can...
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Knee progress, day 7
A new pet toy? No, my latest training tool! It’s been a week now. I am easily able to do leg lifts, I have got the bend beyond 90 (not the full bend yet, but getting there) and the main … Continue...
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Knee progress: day 14
So it’s now 2 weeks since the operation. This time two weeks ago I was eating my last morsel before the pre op starvation phase. I almost cannot believe the progress I have made. I can now say I have...
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Teeny steps back to exercise
It’s difficult to know what someone means when they say ‘did that hurt?’ You are looking confused… Let me explain. I have been coping with pain for years. In the last few months, though, it has got...
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Hurty elbow Thursday
The nurse said to me ‘you’re going to have a scar, you know’. Erm, yeah. I kinda guessed that when I saw how much tar seal was in there, thanks all the same! Good news today, it’s not infected like …...
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How to prevent runner’s knee, and four exercises to treat it
Runners’ knee is a term many of you may be familiar with. It’s a common condition among runners, but can occur in any athlete who does activities that require putting load through the knee. It’s no...
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