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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Monday, 25 July 2011

I was back at the Physio today and for the first time since I injured myself my knee was sufficiently relaxed to allow him to do all his tests. So after pulling and twisting in several different directions the assessment was that he doesn't believe anything has snapped or been torn. So that's the good news. He had a theory that has something to do with age and wear-and-tear but I can't remember the exact name, but it involves wearing of a groove or hole in the cartilage and somehow whilst exercising something has caught in the groove/hole. It's still swollen but I am now encouraged to ride my bike, building up to an hour a day, and then icing for 20 minutes to get rid of the swelling that is still present. Hopefully, when the swelling disappears I will regain the full range of movement in my knee.

So, despite everything, I'm feeling quite positive at the moment.