It’s been a while since I blogged and with good reason. A minor injury setback that has felt like a huge show stopper and left me very disappointed and angry.
11 days ago I suffered a massive seizure in my back that left me pretty immobile for 48 hours. Some rapid intervention and some strong prescribed drugs sorted things out but I jumped back in too quickly on two separate occasions. Once on the erg and then a few days later in Spain out on the mountains doing some hill reps. The result was not immediate but a few hours after the session on the hills my back returned to spasm and went into melt down. Simply the worst pain I have ever experienced with the history of my back problems. Enough to stop me in my tracks whilst walking, buckling my legs from under me and putting me on the deck. Most unpleasant.
Again some more prescribed drugs to settle the tension and some enforced rest and here I am today. The only good news was that I was in Spain for 7 days but ended up going for total (unplanned) rest as opposed to protection training up the mountains where we were staying.
Today I erged for the first time since the seizure and it was as expected pretty bloody tragic in pace. The session was however targeted at testing the water and seeing how my back coped and if it has indeed settled. I had some more treatment late this afternoon thanks to www.essentialchiropractic.co.uk and it is now a bit of a waiting game. As for detraining, we’ll just have to await the damage in due course but the priority has to be no more seizures to allow me back into steady training.
However I am confident that I am good to go albeit cautiously as I enter an intense 12 day period of training from home in a controlled environment.
The next 12 days marks the middle and latter stages of summer leave for me so what better way to spend it but training and resting hard.
Fingers crossed ……
