02 October 2018 *Update* My left shoulder feels impinged again, since Sunday (30/09). This was after Saturday event MAIOR É DEUS, GRANDE É JOÃO! followed by class on Sunday – which had a lot of tesouras. Lifting arm overhead is uncomfortabe – so I’m resting for a few days, icing…
Shoulder Injury
21 November 2017 Shoulder Injury Previous post on shoulder injury So the shoulder injury has been back since early September – 2.5 months. I went to see a specialist, Mr Mark Jeffery @ Wimbledon Clinics last week and he gave this provisional diagnosis and then requested an ultrasound which I…
Left Hip and Cortisone Injection
17 February 2016 (scroll down for updates) Left Hip and Cortisone Injection On Sunday 7th, after class, I decided to take a break from Capoeira because my hip would get better and then worse after class. Taking a break from running wasn’t enough, it felt like I had to stop…
Left Hip Injury
10 Jan 2016 Left Hip Injury September 2015: after completing Insanity in June, and continuing to do it regularly and also running some of my fastest times, and doing a lot of capoeira, my left hip started to hurt. I had a similar pain on my right hip a few…
Knee Injury Update
04 Oct 2013 Knee Injury Update It doesn’t feel like acupuncture is working at all – was in much discomfort yesterday, so I made an appointment with local GP. They only knew about my hip pain, not knee, so I hoped that might speed up my position on the waiting…
Acupuncture 2nd visit
30 Sep 2013 Acupuncture 2nd visit My phone navigation wasn’t working today so I had to find the place from memory, and I took a wrong right turn towards the end (most of the way was quite easy to remember) on Fulham Road. It sorta felt wrong, so I did…
Acupuncture
23 Sep 2013 Acupuncture I’ve had four injuries this year. First one was on my right latissimus dorsis (near ribcage) when doing queda de rins – that took 8 weeks to heal, just with me massaging it. While in Brazil I got a cramp on my left calf, which took…