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It all sounds extremely woolly to me! He seems very good at telling you what you already know is wrong and finding different symptoms each time you go but I am yet to read a cause for these symptoms... unless he treats the cause, you are wasting your time and money!
 
Not much money 'wasted' this time. Since we previously agreed on just an IFT session, it was just £5, despite the fact that it was more like 30 mins of IFT and 30 mins of genuine treatment. He said to ring him in one week, either way just to check how I'm doing and to book one more appointment if it still hurts then. I'll do that and if no improvement after that, I'll look elsewhere. One thing is for sure, the treatment has left me very sore. I'm not going to cricket nets and I haven't started revision or my essay, so wasting my time is no problem. My parents have agreed to pay for any medical treatment too, so money is no issue either, within reason.

Will keep updated on how this is going though, as you requested me to, and is absolutely no problem for me to do so. I'll take today off the stretching due to soreness, but I'll continue the hamstring, quad and piriformis stretching. He also gave me one more very gentle stretch to perform each morning too.
 
Feel better than yesterday. Legs are both very stiff though and there is now soreness up where the leg connects with the front of the hip. Oh, it doesn't matter. I'm going to rest it for another day and then adopt a new strategy. Previously, I've been trying to stay off the feet as much as possible and not do any strenuous exercise. New plan is to start walking and try to be jogging by the end of the week. I don't back myself to regain the strength for the stress of bowling, but if I can regain semblance of mobility, then I should be able to field and bat okay.
 
Feel a lot better today. Still definitely the deep pain in the lower right back and right glute; but I feel that for the first time in weeks that it might be very slowly healing. Liz, could you recommend me a good psoas stretch, please.

Also. Is there someone you could recommend in the SE London area that you would advise that I see. I have one more appointment scheduled with this current guy, but if you think you know someone who can identity the cause of my problems (and hence help solve them), that would be appreciated.
 
Check out mobilitywod.com

It's run by Kelly Starrett who is incredibly well credentialed and a mobility fiend. He puts out a new mobility workout-of-the-day each day. If you do a simple search for psoas, you can find a lot of scalable psoas mobs and ways to treat the soft tissue yourself.
 
Try these stretches:

http://www.physioadvisor.com.au/8278250/hip-flexor-stretches-psoas-stretch-hip-flexor-.htm
As for who you should see, it really depends on the diagnosis, which you really need to pin your guy down on. It may be that he knows what he is doing but it is important that a practitioner can communicate this to his client.

From what you said initially, I would have referred you to a chiropractor, but now it seems like you need a soft tissue specialist... it's this woolliness that concerns me, but as I say, it just may be the way your guy is coming across.

If you cannot pin him down to anything specific on your last visit, let me know and I will send you a link to a directory in your area.
 
Thanks, you guys, for putting up with me. I understand the absolutely minimal progress I'm making must be frustrating for you people in the know, to read about. As for today, just about to stretch out a bit, but yeh, the soreness from treatment has worn off and there is now just the same dull pain in the lower right back and glute that there always was.

Thanks for the stretches, you two.
 
Okay. Been a few days since my last appointment. The appointment consisted mainly of interferential treatment and he stretched out my psoas using a bench too. He identified that problems with the left side of the psoas and lesser problems with the right psoas. I pressed him on the cause and he said it was very hard to say. He seemed quite surprised that it hasn't fully healed by now but then, so am I. He seems to only be charging me £5 per session, which my parents are happy to cover, but if anyone knows someone in the SE London area who they think could sort me out, then let me know. The pain in every day life is totally minimal, but it is still such that if I slam my right leg down to bowl, it'll hurt again.
 
MV! said:
Check out mobilitywod.com

It's run by Kelly Starrett who is incredibly well credentialed and a mobility fiend. He puts out a new mobility workout-of-the-day each day. If you do a simple search for psoas, you can find a lot of scalable psoas mobs and ways to treat the soft tissue yourself.
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Found exactly what I was looking for. Been working with a tennis ball to try to loosen up the knot. Actually got loads of problems which have mounted up, but a couple videos deal with how to stretch out the region. Will work hard on these.

Top site.
 
I am afraid you are going to have to go a long way to beat £5 per session... I don't think I have heard of anybody charging so little!

Be careful when using the tennis ball. I works by breaking down fibres; if you break down the wrong fibres, or too many fibres, you could be in trouble but hopefully your practitioner showed you where you need to work.

If this issue persists, and yes, I would have expected the treatment to have worked by now... if it was targeting the cause, try these directories:

http://www.thesma.org/find.aspx
http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/clinics/united+kingdom/london+-+se/

You just need to insert your post code.
 
Nothing suspicious in him charging so little tbh. Few members of the family know him and he says that he has made enough money in his life and just wants to help people now. First session was £35, but after that, probably just trying to get me better - nice man. Thanks for the directories, contacting one place now.
 
As for touching my toes, I've never ever been able to get anywhere near my toes. Heck, now that I have a few weeks out of playing cricket I might try to stretch out the hamstrings more and really try to limber up.
 
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