He asked how my aches and pains were going and how my sleep was travelling then got me up on the massage table to check my range of movement in my hips. According to Amir, all my aches and pains are normal. Wow!
Incredibly he was very pleased with my progress and said in 4 weeks I'd be the sort of patient he'd want to be photographing for his Melbourne Uni study to show how good recovery can be. Amir said I'm a textbook case and I'm a good 4 weeks ahead of schedule. Just to hear that was a great relief and certainly worth the drive to Melbourne.
Amir is certainly passionate about FAI recovery and seems to be an expert in his field. He is a bloke who displays the confidence of someone who has seem 100s of hips like mine and that is very reassuring as a patient.
He wants me to start loosening up my lower back through swimming without using my legs and cycling 4 or 5 times a week for half an hour. He said that I didn't need to continue with Physio back at home and that the light exercise regime will do the trick for the next 4 weeks.
Amir said my back will get tighter in the coming weeks before it gets better as it gets used to my hips having more range of movement than when I was born. His words. I just hope my upper pelvis improves so I can get a consistent good night's sleep. He assured me any twinges I felt walking across muddy footy grounds or riding the bike or putting socks on, etc were normal and nothing to be concerned about as long as I am not loading up the hips.
He wanted to see me at 12 weeks for the final time to outline a full rehab schedule but when I said I wasn't keen on driving down again he said I should see Michael or Simon at Lake Physio back in Ballarat. He has trained them and they will give me a schedule of work to do. Great result.
Today was a good day in regards to my recovery and I know I really just have to be patient and keep the faith.
Oh.....and he said golf will be fine as long as I use a cart to drive around the fairways. Sounds good to me!!
If you are reading this blog and have any thoughts or comments, good or bad, I would really appreciate it if you could add your comments after any of my posts. I feel like I am on my own with this and would love to hear from people in the same boat.
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