{"id":952,"date":"2011-05-09T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/05\/09\/my-kneethe-end-is-in-sight\/"},"modified":"2011-05-09T11:34:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T11:34:00","slug":"my-kneethe-end-is-in-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/05\/09\/my-kneethe-end-is-in-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"My Knee–the end is in sight!"},"content":{"rendered":"

My one and only blog post specifically about my knee was on 17th February 2010<\/a>. I\u2019d intentionally not talked about it all that much here as I try to stay around a techie theme (not always successfully<\/a>) and didn\u2019t want this to turn into a knee rehab blog. It\u2019s been hard enough for me to think about it without projecting it onto anyone else!<\/p>\n

In case you missed the first post on September 20th 2009 I caught my studs in the ground while running and twisted my knee really badly. Five months later I was told I\u2019d need an operation to rebuild my torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament and to tidy up a tear in the medial meniscus which happened in June 2010. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a long slow process with some ups and downs but on Friday night I played 30 minutes as a substitute and a full 90 minutes on Sunday. <\/p>\n

We won both games and like some weird scripted drama we won a penalty in the last minute and the captain graciously decided it would be a good idea if I did the honours. This was very brave of him as he knows my penalty taking record is patchy at best but thankfully it hit the back of the net!<\/p>\n

So 1 year, 7 months, 2 weeks, 4 days after hurting myself there I was completing a full game. It was hard work and I\u2019m suffering for it today!<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t quite the end though. I\u2019ve still got work to do as my quad and hamstring muscles on the left side could be stronger if I\u2019m going to avoid a repeat occurrence, my lack of fitness showed in the last 15 minutes of the game and while I haven\u2019t been specifically tracking it I know I\u2019ve got at least a stone to lose that I\u2019ve put on during all the inactivity. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve learnt an awful lot about motivation in the last 18 months. <\/p>\n

For someone that plays so much football it\u2019ll probably be a surprise to hear I\u2019m not a fan of general exercise. By that I mean things like running and the gym. Staying fit has always been a happy by-product of playing football. I\u2019ve never had to think too much about my weight or my general fitness as it\u2019s sort of looked after itself.<\/p>\n

The road to recovery has meant I\u2019ve had to do things I don\u2019t really want to do. <\/p>\n

Reminding myself of the end goal has kept me going and the last couple of months I can\u2019t remember the last time I\u2019ve been so driven in pursuit of something I wanted to achieve. <\/p>\n

So when I\u2019ve been cycling at 6am or out running after a days work when all I wanted to do was collapse on the sofa a quick reminder of why I was doing it helped keep me going. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s something I\u2019ll try and use in future \u2013 \u201ckeep your eye on the prize\u201d \"Winking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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