ACE'd Out

No ACE Race this weekend for me.

I saw the osteopath this morning, and this is the situation. Last year, when I had similar neck problems, although the pain went away the mis-alignment of my neck was not corrected. At my first manipulation four weeks ago, he did correct it, but one vertibrae had become so used to being "out" it didn't want to stay "in". He has now manipulated my neck three times.

It's important I do nothing to knock it "out" because the more times we play vertibrae hokey-cokey, the more likley it is to keep popping out. "What does this race involve", he saked me. "Spending 10 hours in a van, then running cross country, day and night, kayaking and mountain biking", I replied. Hopefully, I asked, "should I do it". "What do you think", was the reply. Of course I shouldn't.

I can still run, but on road - nothing that might send me out of allignment. I'm getting three sessions of machine physiotherapy this week to reduce inflamation around the manipulated area and try to keep the vertibrae "in".

God, I hope this works. My training really has suffered.