5 May 2026

Long time since I did a health post, which is a little lax of me as I should be using it to better monitor just what is going on. Just finished my morning physio and cooling down. The physio started almost 2 years ago and was originally directed to movement problems with my right knee. Something that had been ongoing for some time since my right leg had blown up and been almost unusable. The ultrasound at that time showed 'chronic problems' with the structures around the knee but the knee joint is fine. When the physio was helping, it was also causing other problems such as the muscles on my right leg were beefing up noticeably more than the left leg. It was also exacerbating a problem I had previously had with my back which I had thought was sorted after treatment at Bretforton Clinic since the NHS approach was simply wrong. At least this time the latest 'physio' at the GP's was more practical, and we modified the 20 minute session for less concentration on one joint, and added extra steps for the back. I will sit down and document it whole sequence! But for now, it's basically 5 minutes standing warm-up, 5 minutes lying down stretches and 10 minutes sitting down HIT from an Australian physio. The problem with my left arm before Christmas was helped with extra steps in the first warm-up specifically aimed at 'trapped nerves' in the left arm but while the pain caused has gone, mobility in my arm and left hand is still restricted. The GP has had some further tests done and we are just waiting on the results, although the nerve tests ruled out 'carpal tunnel syndrome'.

All of this overlies the heart problem that was diagnosed back in 2021 and which I am still waiting for a proper explanation of. The HIT session was intended to get my heart rate up since personally I think that is a problem, and while last year my heart rate had been dropping below 30BPM every night and the smart watch stopped recording, this year things seem a lot better and I've only had a very few days with 30 in the spreadsheet from the watch, which the finger probe backed up with 26 and 27's.

The latest session I managed to hit 149 during the first two 30 second sections of the hit, but then it dropped back to around the 100 mark so most of the rest of that section was 'zone 1' level. The exercises don't change, but the results vary hugely day on day. I am planning to have a proper discussion with my GP when she as the latest results in, although I am still waiting on an appointment with the hospital physio team to assess the current state of may knee. That and the cardiac consultant should be seeing me for an annual review. As always ... we just wait ...