Update

On Thursday, Suzy Powell and Amy Acuff encouraged Joe to see an acupuncturist that they worked with in L.A. while attending UCLA. Suzy got Joe an appointment and we headed over to her office on Thursday morning. Our plan was to have that appointment...then head back up to Stockton. It turned into a whole day of treatment...first muscle tests and a round of acupuncture, then she called in a physical therapist friend who was amazing and more than just a physical therapist...then there was another round of acupuncture...then we headed back to the therapist's office for an amazing tape job (you can see a photo of it at Flickr here). Phew! Both of these doctors were skilled, generous, and enthused about working on someone so in tune with his body! We didn't end up leaving L.A. until the early evening...and arrived back in Stockton very late.

Joe was amazed, baffled, and thankful for the effects of his day of treatment. His hamstring truly felt better and he couldn't believe the range of motion achieved in just one day. On Friday he did a warm-up at the building, then went down to Modesto to see another one of Suzy's guys (a chiropractor) who did several hours of body work and adjustments, trying to get to the root cause of his hamstring pull (which also may be related to the achilles thing he had several weeks back..both left side of the body). So lots of progress has already been made.

Joe found out about a decathlon at Claremont Colllege in L.A on May 2 and 3...just two weeks away. Provided his hamstring continues to heal as it has, the plan is to compete at that meet. It seemed like finding a meet was going to be tricky...so he's thankful for this one coming up so soon.

I put another set on Flickr...a lot of random photos from the last month, and a few from the decathlon (the 100 meters at least!) There are several photos of Rowan, including the one below after a swim and a serious girl in a pretty new dress. Any other random photos I put explanations of on Flickr. Click here to see more.