Every six weeks (actually, I think now it's seven) I go to my chiropractor, Simon, for a 'tune up'. Simon is a friend of my brother's from high school. He also happens to be married to Ass' friend from primary school, Serene, so it's a small world etc etc.
I had a couple of niggles from various activities but for some reason he found a really, really sore spot on my right knee, just on the left of the patella. There was no such spot on my left knee so I have no idea what I was doing that made my right knee so twisted. Anyway, when he finds knots, basically what he does is stick his thumb on it for a minute to release the tension. Apparently one's body then knows to heal that area or some such.
Bloody hell, a day and a half later and IT STILL HURTS.
The funny thing about seeing Simon, other than the fact that I see him more than my brother sees him and more often than Ass sees Serene, is that he never fails to tell me some factoid about chiropractice or health. Yesterday we talked about Michael Phelps' daily diet, which led to me telling him about Kieran Perkins (see below), which led to him telling me about shoulder physiology, which led to me telling him about MBT (Masai Barefoot Technology) shoes.
Re: Kieran Perkins. On Tuesday I attended a luncheon at Ottoman Cuisine hosted by Ricoh. It started with a chat between Kochie and new Ricoh presidente Les Richardson about Ricoh stuff, followed by entree, followed by a speech by ex-Olympian Kieran Perkins who talked about his 1500m gold medal swim in Atlanta as well as the millions (literally) of rotations a swimmer's arm does in a year through training and racing.
This was meant to be followed by the main course but he spoke for so long that I had to leave, slightly hungry, as I had an appointment in Strawberry Hills and knew that due to the 3pm driver changeover there would be a dearth of taxis to take me there. Yes, I was late. I had to walk all the way to George St before I found a vacant taxi. My plan to wait at The Sebel was foiled when I found four groups of tourists waiting outside the hotel for non-existent taxis.
Anyway, I've never really liked Kieran Perkins but I'm not sure why. I preferred Daniel Kowalski (Atlanta silver medallist) at the time. But having listened to him speak about the Atlanta experience, I came to understand why everyone regarded him so well. He's a compelling speaker and I quite respect him for getting on with his life and managing a business instead of treading that predictable path of becoming a commentator (as Kowalski has).
Well, I've just taken a look at the medal tally and we're doing pretty well for a smaller nation, even though we really shouldn't have started that flame war in the newspapers about creaming Great Britain cos we're behind on our gold count AND our overall tally. The last thing I want is for my editor Jen to get boasting about GB as a superior sporting nation.
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