The last day of the year has been a microcosm of all that went before. It’s been busy – dashing from one thing to the next – the whole day sacrificed to larger projects whilst I nonetheless try to squeeze in some acknowledgement of its abnormal significance.
In amongst the frenetic activity I crammed in one final workout – albeit, one that may have defied sense because I hurt my back earlier in the day by lifting a box in exactly the wrong way. If I look stiff this is why; the trampolining was especially painful, leading to sharp shooting pains in my lower back.
So ends 2022, with a back as painful as the year has been for all but the fortunate exploiting few. 2023 comes with a fairly simple mission. Sore back or not, I’m going to keep my head down and get on with it.
Dr Martin James 