My busticated leg

As you know, about 10 days ago I was raking leaves and fell out of a tree. My right femur is black and blue from hip to knee and almost all the way around.

It has been aching more than usual the past couple of days and at 4 am this morning it dawned on me what was happening; I was having a chronic Charlie Horse.

So... "Toes to the Nose!" as they say. I began stretching exercises and immediately felt better.

I have been walking on my tip-toes since it happened and there comes a time when you have to begin the old PT.

I still have some aches but they are from the healing, not the muscle spasms. My range of motion still needs a little work but it feels good to put the muscles back where they belong.

The moral of the story is that at some point you have to get back on your horse.

By the way, Reid will tell you that doctors used to put joints in a cast when hemophiliacs had a joint bleed. As it turns out, that was the worst thing to do. What you want to do is clot the injury and get the joint moving again as soon as possible.

Thanks for your prayers, folks.