Upcoming Pennant Final

Another fairly light training week so far with a wrist strain still bothering me and a pennant final looming on Sunday. After giving my wrist a real flogging at pennants on Sunday, I gave it a rest Monday and used the day to get a scan on it and an ultrasound as well as catching up with an osteopath. The scan's came up all clear however if the problem persists I will have no choice but to have a MRI (a costly exercise).

The osteopath said that I had 1 leg shorter than the other which was causing an imbalance in my spine and consequently my back pain. After a trip to the podiatrist yesterday who confirmed the problem, I will start experiment with a lift over the next few weeks. If successful, we will build a step into my orthotic which will not only help my back pain but my golf swing and physical training. It was great to get this news but frustrating that it has taken almost 1 year of seeing physio's, doctors, chiro's and podiatrists for someone to finally tell me what the problem was!!

The last few days I have been restricted to putting practice as well as chipping and hitting shots with my right hand only. I'm starting to get pretty good at it and can now hit a 9 iron almost 100 meters when I strike it good.

I can't wait for the final Sunday. We have a strong team and to be apart of a flag would be very special and nice way to finish off what has personally been a frustrating season. It will also be a nice lead in to the upcoming Paxton season which starts up early September. I will be looking for much improved performances and some wins in the season but for now a return to Uni and more training is on the radar.

Some pics from today below.

Cheers, James