Dave Edwards' Diary: Defying law of gravity
It's been another really positive week on my road back to full fitness.
After tentatively coming out of my boot last week, I am now fully weight bearing and walking freely in my trainers. The big progression this week has come on an amazing piece of equipment we have at Compton.
We are so lucky to have this state-of-the-art machinery and it really does cut down recovery time because it gets you back to walking and running without having to be fully weight bearing.
The machine I am talking about it an Alter G Anti Gravity Treadmill.
The Alter G in simple terms is a treadmill that uses air pressure to create a state of anti-gravity enabling you to reduce your body weight whilst walking or running.
This is great as it means I can gradually load my foot until I am ready to run outside. I zip myself into this vacuum of air and press some buttons as I feel the vacuum inflate.
I have been using the Alter G at 70 per cent of my body weight and jogging at speeds between seven kilometres per hour and 9kph for three-minute intervals. I have done this three times this week with no pain at all, I am a long way ahead of where I expected to be at this point of my rehabilitation.
It's been a really hard week, but really enjoyable and I feel like I have made huge progress.
After some discussions with Phil Hayward, our head physiotherapist, we have agreed that I will have four or five days off this coming week.
It has been very intense the last six weeks and I have been very strict mentally with everything I have done – with me being ahead of schedule, it seems a good time to just shut off for a few days so I don't end up pushing myself too hard and regretting it.
As well as a great week at the training ground, I have had some fun away from there too. I love boxing and was fortunate enough to be able to go and watch Scott Quigg fight Carl Frampton at the Manchester Arena.
Along with Carl Ikeme and Aaron McCarey, we were part of an incredible atmosphere.
The noisy Irish fans and Aaron were ecstatic!
