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Best medical appointment ever!

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Went to the physio this morning. Usually any medical appointment involves being told to lose weight, take more exercise and eat less. Instead, I get told to buy new trainers every three months and start running. Woo hoo! Doesn't get much better than this (though I think if I hadn't told him that this was the best appointment ever he may have suggested I lose a bit of weight, instead he said I should strengthen my muscles, works for me :) )

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IrishprincessGraduate10

A dream appointment! And of course you’ve got to follow such professional advice…. to the letter 🙂

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YesletsgoGraduate10 in reply to Irishprincess

Usually I struggle....😂

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IrishprincessGraduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo

Not this time 🙂

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Ian5KGraduate10

I’ve had two of those NHS Well Man appointments before - are they ongoing, I wonder? Every two or three years, maybe. The last one took place before I did C25k - I can’t wait to tell ‘em! 😎

I’m here waiting for Amazon to drop off a set of those “resistance bands”. It’s shocking how much muscle declines in older age. My legs are looking better through running but my top half looks like I got it from a different catalogue of styles, like legs by Georgio Armani, top by TK Maxx. I hope there’s a set of instructions.

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IrishprincessGraduate10 in reply to Ian5K

This has made me laugh out loud 😂😂

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ForbiddenPlanetGraduate10

Congratulations - that is excellent news. Really pleased for you! 🏃‍♂️

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GoGo_JoJoGraduate10

Now that's an appointment worth keeping! 👍🏻😁

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H4CSGraduate10

Love a good physio and lovely he made you feel good!!

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GrannyhugsGraduate10

Brilliant, if expensive, advice. Now if the health service were to prescribe trainers that may save the, a fortune on medication 🤔. Happy running 🤗

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YesletsgoGraduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs

I reckon that as it was an NHS physio appointment so I didn't have to pay I can mentally knock forty quid off the cost of the trainers! Gait analysis tomorrow, I'm sure I'll post a pic of my new shoes on here as is traditional :)

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GrannyhugsGraduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo

Brilliant bit of rationalising

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YesletsgoGraduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs

Did I ever tell you I was a genius???😂😂😂

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GrannyhugsGraduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo

I can see a new post coming up - best excuse for buying new trainers 😂

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Petem56Graduate10

Do you get them on prescription!

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YesletsgoGraduate10 in reply to Petem56

I wish!

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Ritmo

Every three months! Blimey.

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YesletsgoGraduate10 in reply to Ritmo

I was a bit surprised by that too, maybe he overestimated my keenness 😂

Hooray - a free ticket to buy new running trainers on medical advice - perfect! 😂

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Doesn’t get much better does it? 😂

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