Fred

I've started seeing a physical therapist to help me re-strengthen my leg. I hyper-extended my calf muscle a month ago while skiing. Enter physical therapist Tom. PT Tom went easy on me the first couple of times which was good since I had a notion that PT's are really sadists in the guise of care givers. But then I told him that I wanted to make sure that I was ok to start running. That's when he brought out the machines. My last session he strapped me to all sorts of things and really worked out my left calf muscle. At the end of the session he decided to rub my calf muscle and "break it up a bit". When he pushed up the leg to my jogging pants I realized in momentary horror that it is the middle of winter and I a)barely even shave during the summer never mind winter and b) tend to get veeeeeeeery ashy during the winter but then I got over it and only felt a twinge of sympathy?/regret? when he paused and then said, "I'm going to get some lotion."

He put his hand on my leg and immediately demanded, "What IS that?"

Me: That's Fred.
PT Tom: What's Fred?
Me: Fred's the knot in calf. He's been with me a long time.
PT Tom: oh