Feet, again

[cjsmith]

Told the physical therapist ("PT") what happened this weekend. He said that with an overuse injury I have to be very careful to ramp up slowly. Obviously I can't run on two adjacent days yet, therefore I shouldn't do that yet.

It had never occurred to me that this is "an overuse injury". But it acts like one. Other injuries cause the same level of pain two adjacent times, but overuse injuries do what mine does. I guess that makes sense once I think about it.

So it'll be sllllooooooww.

I'm still determined to do what I need to do to get back out there again. I'm also bummed at how long it might take.

Comments

[anisoptera.livejournal.com]

What sort of home care did they give you?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Not sure what you mean by "home care" - I'm guessing that means what I'm supposed to do on my own? So far, stretches. There's a particular way of messing with the joints at the ends of the metatarsals that I'll learn before this round of PT is over (next week).

[anisoptera.livejournal.com]

Right, what you are supposed to do at home.
What stretches are they having you do?

Are you supposed to ice after running?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Two different stretches for my calf muscles, oddly enough. Three times a day. Calf muscles apparently take a long time to loosen, or at least MINE are taking a long time to loosen! The PT also spent some time today stretching my ankle joint -- a concept I don't fully understand, but I sure could feel it. :-)

He didn't tell me to ice after running, although I suppose I could ask about that. Personally, I wonder how well I'd do if I could just do ultrasound after running. I bet those machines cost a pretty penny though, and aren't exactly meant for untrained people to use.

We've also discussed the possibility of different shoes for running. He and my podiatrist agree that the shoes I've got are "good shoes", but maybe there is something out there that's better for me specifically.