Excellent Winter! Well done! The trainer should teach you how to run effectively including your breathing which will help! Thanks for asking about PT - I'll come back to it!

Eluned - OUCH hon. I have hypermobility as well as two protruding discs. My physio tells me my hypermobility is pretty close to SPD without the pain factor (which I do get but it isn't directly related). I have found that clinical pilates and strengthening has been my saver. But it is a long road. I have been doing strengthening for about 10 months, pilates for about 6. I'm probably 100% better than when I started - but still not 100% if that makes sense. At the moment, I am in a good phase *touch wood!*. Although I CAN feel a relapse bubbling - so I am doing everything to prevent that!

Hollo - how are you doing?

WHERE is Nettie?! Come on girl! Where are you?!

Well, PT today. First session back with D. Was interesting in some respects. I did NOT want to be there. It just felt wrong. But I made myself walk in and do the session. D asked me what I've been doing whilst he was away. I told him I'd been doing his stuff plus my own cardio plus pilates plus "rehab" (which is essentially what A and I do). He asked what we do which I described and he was AMAZED. He couldn't believe that I'm doing these things (walking lunges, push ups, crunches, prone hold etc). He also said that he noticed a difference in my waistline when I walked in .
My session with him though wasn't overly hard or challenging. He wouldn't let me box today for fear of ruining my good run . I LIKE boxing! He did ask me if there was anything I wanted to try and I opted for bike so I would know if I could handle it before I pull mine out at home. My hip was fine, my knee hated it. Got to 5 minutes then quit. Other than that though, not really much happening on that front. Not sure how I feel about it all. I will give it a couple of sessions before I decide what to do either way - although at the moment, I am thinking that I might stick with one session a week with each trainer... my physio seemed ok with that although made me promise that if I have any more injuries caused by D that I give him the flick - fair call I thought!