“In life you need either inspiration or desperation”
Anthony Robbins
Resting HR (average): 57
Injury status: (L) low back 1/10, (R) Calf 7/10
Another week of no training, with not a lot more clarity of what my outlook is. I went to see the Musculoskeletal specialist on Wednesday, Dr Mark Craig. He said he was fairly confident he’d get me back to running, but we still aren’t sure what is causing my pain.
On Friday I went for an MRI scan of my lower back. I had a CT scan last year which is about 80-85% conclusive in showing any structural abnormality that may be causing my symptoms, whereas an MRI would give me 98% conclusivity. My CT last year showed some slight disc bulging around L4/L5/S1 but nothing significant. however it did show some atrophy of my multifidus muscle at those lower levels which is an important stability muscle. My MRI was normal, and no abnormalities detected, which is good.
My MRI in the frontal plane
My MRI transverse section through lumbar spine
I’ve done a little bit of cycling this week, but still havent done any running, as i’m advised not to, even though my leg isn’t painful at the moment. It’s getting very frustrating, and hopefully i’ll get some more answers next week.
“We are all in the gutter,
but some of us are looking at the stars”
Oscar Wilde
September 13th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Hello,
Super post, Need to mark it on Digg
Thank you