September : Frustrating Month

September was a frustrating month. Somehow, the club training intensity has dampened due to circumstances beyond my control and the boys were not getting the benefit they needed. I tried to salvage the quality of training by supplementing them with our own private sessions in Bukit Jalil but an unexpected shoulder injury from my routine badminton session has hampered my right arm movement.  A harsh reminder that age is catching up. My wife was also busy with her work schedules and her long term knee problem has not got any better.

Already Aaron has lost about half of the training hours due to his nasty ankle injury sustained in the beginning of the month. As at the end of September, he is still not 100% and cannot be loaded yet. To top it all off, the school final academic exams are in early October. So some training days will be sacrificed in the last weeks of September and just as well for the boys to rest their aching muscles. Why not? Afterall, its already a frustrating month.  

Lateral Ankle Sprain

We hope Aaron will have a speedy recovery

The injury jinx befell Aaron again. This time he twisted the outside of his right ankle ala Lee Chong Wei style during his training session last Saturday at MBA. The boys were to take part in their school ranking match later that morning but this unfortunate incident meant the much awaited match with Lee Jia Quan will have to be put in the back burner for now. Instead Ryan will have his opportunity to take on the Harcroft Number 1. Despite Ryan leading 15-14 before the change over, he lost steam in the second half and went down 18 – 30 to a more polished player.

After Aaron’s injury was examined by a sinseh, he was advised to rest for a week or two. The swell and pain was getting to him as he has low tolerance for pain. This was a big blow to his training programme, especially knowing that the major tournaments were just around the corner. I wasted no time to start Aaron on his ankle rehabilitation, exhausting all traditional and home remedy treatments I can think of, scouring youtube and internet 'How-Tos" on ankle massages and remedies available. 

It will be a race against time now.