Happy to be BACK...

...on the badminton court, that is. After a long lay-off of more than 7 months since my knee injury in Mar 07, I was playing proper games again. I was quite hesitant to play again because I am not sure how my knee will hold up even if I took preventive measures. Besides wearing normal knee guards, I also wore the "sud sud" ThermoSkin knee guard which I bought at my sports doctor.

Thankfully, all the chaps (from my reservist unit) who turned up have also laid off badminton for some time so the pace of the games were quite leisure. Therefore, I did not have to push my knee very much. I felt very happy and relieved to be able to perform my strokes again on the court, so much so that I might comtemplate a return to my regular saturday games. This is not only because of my love of the game, but also because I felt quite unfit not having a weekly exercise.

Anyway, for my friends who are about my age, do wear your guards (knee, wrist, ankle...whatever) when you engage in ball games. Its no fun breaking anything!