Vastus!

Yesterday, I told Dr. Z that my outer thigh is hurting, and said that it feels like a muscle pull. "It probably *is* muscular at this point, " he said.
He then instructed me to get down into a lunge position and lean forward, stretching the vastus muscles, asking if it hurts. It didn't. He then reached for my hips and twisted me to the side. "How about now?"
"Ouuuuchhhh!"

I was convinced I would be hobbled from that point. But when I got up...nothing.

"How does that feel?" he asked.

I wiggled my hips. I jumped up and down.

The pain was, unbelievably, 100% gone.

It stayed gone, and right now, it is minor. I went ice skating today for half an hour, with no ill effects.

Have I mentioned that I love that man?