Weird stuff found at the myofascial therapy center

[cjsmith]

Second appointment at the Myofascial Therapy Center yesterday. This one was markedly different than the first, probably because a) different practitioner, b) not an evaluation.

If I rub the base of my foot (either one) I can feel it's a little... crunchy inside. Like there are Rice Krispies in it. I showed this to the nice lady and she said oh yes, those are adhesions. She proceeded to find a huge colony of them where I'd found just one or two. They've taken over the whole medial half of my plantar arch. Getting those unstuck will take a while and feels icky.

There's a tight muscle (psoas) running just inside the bump of the pelvic bone. It's right near where I've had annoying pain for 25 years. Hmmmmmmm. I will be very, very good about doing my "homework" to stretch this out.

Hey kimatha: I have tight piriformis muscles! I've heard of those somewhere before. :)

Comments

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

Ouch, I can just imagine rice krispies in your foot. Ouch!

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

*snap, crackle, pop* isn't something I'd want associated with my plantar fascia. The fasciitis I had/still have a little bit was bad enough.

Good luck with all the stretching.

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

wow! sounds like this place is a keeper, at least for a while. i'm so glad they seem to be helpful.

(and i never knew one could have Rice Krispies anywhere else but the knees!)

[genderfur.livejournal.com]

The psoas muscle is a good one. I remember a yoga teacher who was obsessed with stretching this muscle. Adhesions.... I believe that's a fancy word for "scar tissue".

[sunnydale47.livejournal.com]

Do you see a random practitioner (i.e., whoever is free next) each time you go to the MTC, or will there be some consistency? Is it just that the one does evaluations and this will be your therapist?

Tell us about the exercises you get. I still have the stretches I was given by my PT years ago, but ... .

I hope you start feeling much better real fast!

Have you thought of soaking your feet in milk? That usually gets rid of the crunchiness pretty quickly. =grins, ducks, runs away=