Wednesday 19 February 2020

Will I play this season?

Will I play this season? My knee is not 100% so I'm not sure... I've done none of things I would normally have done - nets at Writtle, bowling and batting. Instead, I've tried to take it easy, I've been doing self directed physio and been trying to use the knee as much as possible in an attempt to slowly recover. To be honest I never got a proper diagnosis and should really follow that up and try and establish what I actually did do. From everything I've read and watched it sounds like I might have damaged my PCL, but I've got so few of the symptoms associated with knee injuries I'm left a bit confused. 

Generally it's fine, it feels vulnerable, but I've got full mobility, I'm able to do deep squats with a little discomfort (Not pain) and it fully extends. The little running that I've been doing recently doesn't result in any massive relapse and so generally things look fairly positive. 

With 3 months or so till the first game, I'm going to try and slowly build up the strength and increase the amount of physio I do and hopefully be in a position where I might be able to get through a spell without suffering the next day and the following week. If it does happen, I'm kind of ready for it and will back off for a year and see what happens. I'll go and watch Joe (My son play) and record the oppositions batsman's wagon wheels... https://bowlingplans.blogspot.com/ which if I'm honest I'm kind of looking forward to doing and enjoying, the last time I did it, I video's the outcomes as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNCcqLCaXzY&t=9s  

Tomorrow's a big day though in the scheme of things as it's the first net session at the club and I'll be going along. The idea is that I will have a go, but at the moment I don't know whether I'll bowl all night, a part of me says hold back and perhaps only bowl about 24 balls over the evening and see what the outcome is the next day. If it comes off and there's no real issue the next day, I'll continue with the physio and bowl a few more balls the next week and build up slowly.