After a long six weeks of inactivity, rehabilitation and recovery for the injured tendon below his knee of his left leg, Greg is now on a plane bound for Europe to recommence playing tournaments. Greg was fortunate to have the hospitality of Tony and Robyn Summers, who kindly provided him with a home in Melbourne for the six weeks, as well as letting him have use of a set of wheels to get to physio and training. Greg's good friends the Macfarlane family also provided much support for him, with motherly kindness from Jan and culinary delights from Stuart, plenty of gaming support and the occasional hit with Andrew, and much friendship from Steph.
After a couple of weeks rest, accompanied by therapeutic physio, Greg's leg had not got much better, so he had to have more rest and intensive physio, provided by Tennis Australia's physio Anne-Marie and strength and conditioning coach Aaron, who helped Greg throughout the six weeks period. A program was developed to strengthen the muscles around his knee to provide more support to the troubled tendons. Gradually the condition improved and Greg could gradually start having on-court sessions to test his leg and aid the recovery process. He had some good, positive days where the leg felt great, with some more stressful worrying days were the pain returned, which made him somewhat depressed.
Greg has been hitting on clay courts for the last week, helped by good friend Dave Bidmeade, who provided him with quality hitting, and TA head coach Tod Woodbridge, at the Kooyong Tennis Club.
His leg is still not 100% right but all the advice is that it will slowly continue to improve even when he is playing at 110% and he should not do any further damage to the tendons. He says he can now fully load the leg without any problems but does still "feel" the leg and has some lingering pain after a heavy training session. He has decided it is time to return to tournament play and test his leg under extreme playing conditions while continuing the rehabilitation through strengthening the muscles and physiotherapy.
So time to get back in the saddle...
Wish him well and wish him luck.
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| Greg in relaxed mode... |
Greg has been hitting on clay courts for the last week, helped by good friend Dave Bidmeade, who provided him with quality hitting, and TA head coach Tod Woodbridge, at the Kooyong Tennis Club.
His leg is still not 100% right but all the advice is that it will slowly continue to improve even when he is playing at 110% and he should not do any further damage to the tendons. He says he can now fully load the leg without any problems but does still "feel" the leg and has some lingering pain after a heavy training session. He has decided it is time to return to tournament play and test his leg under extreme playing conditions while continuing the rehabilitation through strengthening the muscles and physiotherapy.
So time to get back in the saddle...
Wish him well and wish him luck.
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