Long story sort w beat them by 4 points and in the last 3mins of the game I copped the dreaded corky.
On of our blokes had the ball from about 55m out who not blessed with great kicking skills, so I found some space and got the hands of him to have a pop shot myself.
I didn't see anyone coming towards me so I took a few extra steps more then I intended to which then gave the bloke on the mark time to get to me just as I kicked it and bang - knee straight into the middle-bottom of my right thigh.
It didn't destroy me straight away, I hobbled off from the other side of the ground OK bit obviously that was it for me in that game.
I continued to walk up and down the boundary until the game finished and felt alright but it's all about when it cools down.
Post game I had my usual protein shake, ham salad roll and Gatorade while I watched the one's while getting up every 15mins or so to avoid the dreaded full cool down.
I was limping a but but I thought I might get through this in a few days.
The drive home from footy gave it some cooling down time and then lying on the couch froze it right up.
At quarter time of the Hawthorn/Collingwood game when we all thought it was over, I went out looking for the cat that hadn't returned and it literally took me the entire 2nd quarter of that game to do a lap of the block which is about 150m x 70m.
I did started my rehab with some EMS to that I did 3 - 4 bouts of 20mins of moderate pulsing to:
Sunday morning I woke up and was absolutely shot - I couldn't lift my leg up and I also couldn't bend my lower leg back like a quad stretch.
Not great but I continued EMS thorough Sunday for another 3 - 4 bouts of 20mins at moderate pulsing.
Monday I could barely get up the stairs at work and had to step up each step with my good leg first followed by my bad leg on each step.
Once I got home I decided to roll with the heat pack for about 3 - 4 bouts and when I got back to work in the evening I was at least able to do the steps properly (1 leg each step) and I thought here we go, progress.
Tuesday I ran with deep heat run that I applied 2 - 3 times and you could see the drainage of the fluid accumulating at the bottom and lateral to my right knee.
Wednesday I did some training in the gym focusing mostly on upper body but I always include some low level glute stuff but that wasn't a problem although I dod program exercises I knew wouldn't be issue with the restriction I still had (there's ALWAYS something you can do).
Thursday was try-to-run day so I headed to the park and ran through some warm up sprinting drills then did some tempo runs at about 70%. I was still getting better everyday as far as pain and range of motion was concerned but I was till restricted in my running technique so I texted the coach, said I was doubtful but I would let him know the next day if I was to play or not.
Now our thirds team is on a bit of tear right now and play the all conquering Cerbus who's thirds team would possibly play finals in the reserves comp I play in but they only have a thirds team and no senior team as they are all from the Navy.
Earlier today a senior player pulled out from injury so a reserves bloke went up which would mean if I didn't play then it would be 2 blokes from the thirds not able to play in their huge game so I'm now in for playing tomorrow.
I won't be able to make this injury worse unless I get a fresh knee in their but I'll take my chances and the run might actually do it good.
My speed won't be any good but I;m hopefully smart enough to make position to get my touched tomorrow.
I had a nap today and every nap/sleep I have regenerates it a bit more each time so come tomorrow I could be pretty good and ready to do with some table treatment pre-game.
I'll let you know how I go!
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