i think ill start with telling people a little about the arms. as anyone who has read my other blogs will know they seem to have found themsleves in a little bit of a pickle over the last year and a bit and frustratingly it took a whole year to find out what is wrong with them. but now i finally know. to keep things short ill be brief (well as brief as i can be) i have got what my physio is calling tight nerves in my arms. this basically means the the nerves in my forearms and elbows dont run through my arms well and so go numb a lot when they are over stretched and cause pain for many things often when i least expect it. this being rather annoying and also means i have restricted movement in my arms. all rather frustrating to be honest.
but hope is finally here and i am recovering. i have a stretch that i do every day to basically stretch out the nerves and slowly increase the mobility in my arms again. im still quite far below what would be considered normal but its a hell of a lot better now than it was 3 months ago when i started getting treatment. unfortunately due to it being a nerve problem its taking its time in getting fixed. (my physio said that if i have a full range of movements back by christmas i will be doing well!) but i should be able to start my climbing rehab this summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im just a tad happy about that ;)
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| my stretch sheet so i can keep track of my progress |
so with that rather good news comes a few new challenges. the first of these being my body.now its fair to say that i didnt really cope with being injured all that well especially in the first few months. i didnt eat properly sometimes completely over eating sometimes only eating chocolate and sometimes not eating at all. the result of this was i put on weight. now if i look at myself i see a girl who although is really relatively thin and fit looking has a bit too much extra weight for a climber. those months of over eating have resulted in a band of excess flesh on my stomach and around my waist. not i know there isnt really much (about 8mm) but there is still more than i would like and really it would be good to have it gone when i get back on the wall. the other problem i see in my body i the lack of upper body muscles. now i know this isnt surprising i have been injured for over a year but for someone who used to have nicely defined biceps and shoulder muscles (they were never massive but they were obviously there)i do look rather puny.
now losing weight is possible i have tried running but that made my arms numb something i have got to avoid if im going to recover with any decent speed (all things are relative) but i have found that swimming is possible provided i dont use my arms (before anyone thinks anything stupid i use a float to keep the top half of my body up otherwise i would head plant the bottom of the pool and give myself brain damage). this works rather nicely i just need to do more of it! also food is important to help out from that side of things i have a blanket ban on sweets, cake, chocolate, crips and things of that nature untill i leave home. hopefully plenty of exercise and healthy eating will help get me back to a level of physical fitness that will make climbing recovery much easier.
the next few things are not really climbing related just want to mention them. these are the changes that im getting very excited about. i finish school in less than 2 months! im also going travelling starting in canada in november so i have a lot to look forward to. i have got a few pesky exams in the way first but then i am free. i move to scotland on the 27th of june (counting down the weeks :D) and so life is looking pretty good. i will leave home, have a job and start climbing all in the same month. i dont think my life could be looking much better really. :)
oh and can you belive it i have managed to write a short blog! (anyone who has read my others will see why this is impressive ;))
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