It seems I have
spent the better part of the last
few months dealing with foot pain
after a bout of plantar fasciitis in
my left foot and a broken fibula in
the right foot.
I have
visited my family doctor, a
podiatrist, got a second opinion
from on orthopedic physician and
have spent the last several weeks
with a physical therapist.
All of those
visits were in search of relief from
my foot pain. At first it seemed
that everyone had a different idea
but finally it has started to come
together.
I am having
less foot pain now and the fracture
fibula has finally healed.
I am so
relieved!
With that
piece of good news, I was able to
come out of the walking cast!
Yeah!
My right foot
is still a little tender and I think
I am a little protective since I
have been in the cast for so long,
but each day gets better.
I am getting
better every day with the plantar
fasciitis exercises that my physical
therapist prescribed. The range of
motion in both feet is much better.
Rolling the
frozen golf ball along the bottom of
my foot each night to stretch out
the plantar fascia has helped a lot.
The frozen part not only helps the
inflammation but the rolling part
also helps the plantar fascia to
stretch.
Drawing the
ABCs with my toes in order to get
full range of motion in both feet
seemed a bit ridiculous at first but
once I got over that I realized that
the movements really were great feet
exercises. So I have kept it up.
So even
though I wouldn't say that I am back
at 100% I would say that I am really
happy to be out of the walking cast
and to be out of the acute foot pain
I was experiencing. When every step
hurts then it seems everything
hurts.
I am going to
keep up the exercises, make sure
that I have great shoes for support
and keep looking ahead to the day
when I am back at 100%.
There's
nothing like happy feet!
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Recovering
From Weeks Of Foot Pain
