Tag: hamstring

I didn’t go see any doctors about the leg. I slept a lot because of the meds. I felt marginally better on Monday and went to work. Walking around and moving seemed to help, so I put on a brace, stretched thoroughly, and fenced that night.

…and I’m fine. I have no idea what the problem was. Tonight was yoga night, and I talked to my yogi about stretches and how the muscles in the core interact with the muscles in the leg.

I was super proud of my fencers again. I’m still having a personal mental block with cuts. I just don’t see them (in addition to my problems with cuts to the head).

Tonight after yoga, Nik and I spent some time in the studio. I practiced some punches and palm heels against my new strike pad because I’m skipping Krav this week, and we got out the swords and messed with tempo a little bit. I’m working on seeing cuts and parrying up instead of just side to side. I feel like I’m 2D fencing in a 3D world.

I don’t have work tomorrow. I may spend some extra time training, or I may indulge in doing absolutely freaking nothing.

Last night Nik and I met up with some students from the fencing club to run a few mock tourney bouts. I saw a lot of good fencing, and I’m confident that they will do well. I’m still working on those cuts. I’m not comfortable throwing a cut to the head, no matter how fine with it I think I am. I always end up pulling it even if I don’t want to. It’s something subconscious, so it’ll be hard to overcome.

After practice we all had dinner and went over the rules for Serfo. We talked about protocol and equipment. I think they’re ready.

Now for the bad news. Everything was fine during practice and dinner, but later that night my hamstring (I think?) started screaming at me. The pain starts behind my knee and radiates up. It’s worse when I engage my core; I can walk and put weight on it, but bending hurts. I tried compression last night and took a muscle relaxer this morning. If I don’t see any improvement, I’m going to the ER or UC. I’m afraid of blood clots. I don’t have any previous knee injuries, and I didn’t overextend or anything crazy last night. I have no idea what’s going on, but it really hurts.