thanks for the reply, i get the pot took off next week are there anything i can do to help while the pot is still on? i have started resting it on the floor when i am sat on a chair with the weight of my leg resting on it it feels fine apart from the plate feeling very very strange, almost like if i put any real weight on my leg the plate is going to slip out of my skin. On the subject of toughness that aint really a problem i broke it boxing, haha that takes me to my next question how long will it be before i can go back to full training sparring,skipping etc?