Originally Posted by shonadoll (Post 1657777)

Are you taking a glucosamine/chondroitin supplement? This helps attract water to ligaments and tendons, helping healing. I'd highly recommend it, my back injury got so much better after taking this.

Originally Posted by robchester (Post 1658183)

Thanks for all the advice folks, time is definitely a healer but im just impatient.

I tried the getting out of the swimming pool test the other day and failed miserably. Pulling something is very easy, ive got plenty strength and I can pick a kettle up (painful though). Ill pinch some Glucosamine tablets off my mum. She gets bagfuls at a time.