I went to see the physical therapist today. Normally I don't like spending a lot of money on things like health... which seems ridiculous because my health is probably the most important thing God's given me. Well, now I have health insurance and I'm using it!
It was interesting. I learned: my right foot is a half size bigger than my left, trauma to a body part can either stunt growth or cause a growth spurt, my body compensates a lot for the half size difference-causing my ankle to hurt a lot!, the squishy thing on my foot is actually a muscle that helps my toes to curl up..., I have peroeal tibial tendonitis-fancy words for inflammed tendons in my right ankle. I have to wear an ankle brace and stay off my ankle as much as I can until I go back in two weeks. Dr. Howell said I can bike and possibly swim as long as it doesn't hurt when I point my toe/kick. He said pool running was okay because my foot remains flexed.
I'm going to have to do exercises to try to get the muscles in my right calf to be the same size as the ones in my left. I'd like to work on my left toe muscles too, so that my squishy parts of my foot are equal too... ha, ha.
I guess this blog is turning out to be my treatment log instead of a running log... Happy running for everyone else, I hope I will be able to join you on the trails soon. As they say, it's better not to run for a little while so that you can live to run another day.
- run for life
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