Hopefully that title caught your eye, but I'm sorry to say this is nought but a tale of woe... I just want a little whinge and a moan 'cos the chances of me getting to my pinball machines over the next 3-6 months is looking pretty minimal. Also explains my near total absence on here during the last week.
My wife is a very fit and keen runner. She was putting in 5-10 miles a day and often went morning and evening. But about 3 weeks ago something "went" in her left hip. It hurt a lot. She gave it a bit of rest and it went away. A few days later she tried another run and had to to literally crawl back to the house. After a 1am visit to the X-ray department at A&E they said she'd fractured her pelvis!
In her own words, my wife has "broken her bum".
Apparently this is not an altogether uncommon running injury in keen female runners. Today I took her back to A&E as her pain and symptoms had worsened considerably, even after nearly a weeks rest. Another doctor did lots of bending and squashing of legs this time, examined the X-ray in detail, and this time, declared that her pelvis was not fractured. Instead she has some kind of severe ligament/cartilage/muscle damage. He booked her in for physio tomorrow morning although she's still going to the fracture clinic on Thursday.
And the ultimate irony? My wife started running because she took up the NHS C25K - Couch to 5 Kilometer - challenge.
My wife is a very fit and keen runner. She was putting in 5-10 miles a day and often went morning and evening. But about 3 weeks ago something "went" in her left hip. It hurt a lot. She gave it a bit of rest and it went away. A few days later she tried another run and had to to literally crawl back to the house. After a 1am visit to the X-ray department at A&E they said she'd fractured her pelvis!
In her own words, my wife has "broken her bum".
Apparently this is not an altogether uncommon running injury in keen female runners. Today I took her back to A&E as her pain and symptoms had worsened considerably, even after nearly a weeks rest. Another doctor did lots of bending and squashing of legs this time, examined the X-ray in detail, and this time, declared that her pelvis was not fractured. Instead she has some kind of severe ligament/cartilage/muscle damage. He booked her in for physio tomorrow morning although she's still going to the fracture clinic on Thursday.
And the ultimate irony? My wife started running because she took up the NHS C25K - Couch to 5 Kilometer - challenge.
