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The Physiotherapist

By Lee-Ann Holmes

My knee was playing up on me. It grew quite stiff and sore.
So off I went to physio and gently pushed the door.
The man behind the counter was…how should I put it? Hot!
‘Is that the guy who’ll work on me?’ I wondered. ‘Surely not!’
A National Geographic was the book I took to read,
But to the plants and animals, alas, I paid no heed .
Instead, I noticed muscles and a nicely chiselled chin.
He then looked up at me and said, “Roxanne, you can come in.”
I told him all the problems I was having with my knee.
He started to feel round a bit to see what it could be.
He poked and prodded, twisted, pushed, it was all going well,
But then he rubbed a tendon where it hurt like bloody hell!
I clutched the bed and clenched my teeth, this man would cause
my doom .
I warned him that I’d scream and scare those in the waiting room.
He looked at me, he grinned and said, “I’ll use my elbow next…”
“Yeah, right,” I laughed, but he just winked, which left me rather
vexed .
Excruciating was the pain, I thought I’d felt it all,
Till up he lifted his left leg for leverage off the wall.
Try as I might I knew I couldn’t take it anymore.
Thank God I heard the bell and said, “There’s someone at the door!”
“The pain’s too much, is it?” he asked. “Oh no, it’s fine,” I lied.
I think he saw my tears though and a heat pack was applied.
He left me then; I looked around to plan my great escape.
When he returned he did a thing that really made me gape!
He asked if I would slide my backside right up to the end,
And hang my left leg over while the right he tried to bend. Please Note
So there I was, my legs apart, and him against my crutch –
The thoughts that flooded through my mind … I’d better not say much.
The obvious quick-witted line I thought that I could croon – The present coronoviris
Was; ‘Haven’t been in this position since my honeymoon!’
“Don’t worry,” he assured me, “You’ll leave feeling good as new.” pandemic is causing
Instead, I said, “I’ll just remind you that I’m forty-two!”

More pushing, stretching, straining till I thought that I would break. cancellations of many
I started wond’ring how much dough this sadist here would make.
I looked at him and scowled in pain, this man was such a brute events on short notice.
I guess I will come back again, not just because he’s cute!

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