Pain levels this week have been pretty minimal.  Have been having some issues with my IT band when walking but hoping that will settle as I get stronger.  I think it’s just because I’m spending longer on my feet now.  Cycling is up to 10 minutes…I tend to get bored and puffed before sore though so I might go for a short ride on the road in the weekend.  Swimming is up to 500m 3 times a week.

This morning I had an assessment with my physio to start my gym program.  I had my weight, pulse, BP and all ROM +strength measurements taken for a baseline.  I also did a 10 minute test on the exercycle to determine my fitness level and to compare to later results.  Of course with ACC covering the gym programme, there was another mountain of paperwork to do so a good 10-15 minutes was spent ticking boxes to give me certain numbers for pain and ability to do every-day tasks.  I always find these questionnaires always have questions that just don’t apply to your situation or the answer you want to give isn’t an option, so it makes me wonder if these numbers they give you are actually a good representation of your current situation.  Ah well, it keeps them happy.

So after all the testing, making short and long-term goals and discovering I’m quite weak in the glutes (something to work on) we went for a drive to the gym and I got signed up.  I am meeting my physio at the gym on Monday to sort out a programme and have a few more appointments over the next couple of weeks both at the gym and the pool.

In the next six weeks I hope to be back up to full cycle and swim training and some jogging (interval type with walking thrown in).  So it will be a busy few weeks but I am SOOO ready to get fit again and to get out in the summer sunshine before it runs away!