Ouch.

I've hurt my back. I was at the gym doing some strange one legged pack squat things with my trainer, and all of a sudden my back hurt. We stopped, and she prodded, and I squealed, and then got back to it. When I got home I stretched it out, but it's more painful than any muscle ache I've had before.

The pain begins at the centre of my back in one of my Lat muscles. It then extends on either side of my spine down to the small of my back; at which point it curls around my sides and attacks my abdominal muscles.

Every time I move, it hurts. Every time I breathe, it hurts.

Luckily, colleague who hurt their back last year has given me Physio's number and I have made an appointment for tomorrow morning. Can I cope with the pain until then? No - but Panamax sure as hell can. And if, by some strange twist of fate, Panamax doesn't deliver its usual relief, I have some tramadol at home and I'll be heading off to space cadet land without hesitation.

In other news, welcome to 2008, and the countdown for Bazza's Birthday has begun: 4.5 days to go!!!