Whah, whah whah.......

Last week was a write off, I hurt my back, groin and hip by doing a lift I shouldn't have done; I lifted a 170lb pin from a machine whilst standing at a hugely awkward angle, but I though I could get away with it one more time. My justification was to get this part of the job done before whiners and cry babies came back on shift and would turn it into a bitchfest as I'm the private contractor on site and I didn't want the hassle. After filling out the WCB reports and heading off to the Dr.s office it will be a week of stretching, lighter duties and paying more attention to what a person of my age should be doing; I'm still trying to keep up with the young guys and am not ready to move into the old guy crowd just yet. I wasn't able to do one pushup or a sit up; all I managed to do was adjust my work load and stances to get me though the day and sleep with pillows propping me up in my hotel room until the pain subsided. The physician I saw commented that I didn't tear anything but severely disturbed the ligaments and muscle groups in my lower abdomen and hip area, but luckily I'm in reasonably good condition and got away with it this time, but perhaps next time you won't be so lucky (I guess all the push up and sit ups proved their worth). I've already figured out a "Plan B" to get everything back together without doing the same lifting procedure, but still, I'm just not ready to tap out just yet as it still fun to run with the young dogs, Robert.