Yesterday my physical therapist advised me to not come in and take it easy. After no workout in the morning and no PT I determined that I needed to do something at home. Here's what I did:
5 min Bike
15 Hip Abductors each side
15 Crunches on a Swiss Ball
10 Bicep Curls*
10 Front Raise*
10 Side Raise*
10 Shoulder Press*
15 Swiss Ball Bridges
15 Reverse Curls
Repeat all above one more time
Stretch
*All the arm exercises were done while sitting on a Swiss Ball with a 5 lb weight in each hand.
I'll start by saying I'm exceedingly happy that I did my exercises despite it being 8pm and my heel hurting me. Given that, I will also say that nothing felt quite right. My exercise ball didn't have enough air in it. My coccyx started to hurt. My foot was not better (but no worse, thankfully) from the exercising. And I couldn't find my stick to roll out my legs.
This is why I go to the gym.
That said, I'm not sure how much I can do at the gym right now. This morning I stopped by to drop off the gift certificate for my training sessions, but I didn't work out. It occurred to me half way through the morning that I can swim at the gym even if my foot is hurting. That's what I'll do tomorrow. I'm happy to have a plan of attack to keep moving through this foot thing. It's only been hurting me for 2 full days, but it making me very nervous. I've made so much progress and I'm very worried about derailing it now.
I told myself I would wait until Wednesday to make an appointment for my foot, but I think I'm going to get the appointment scheduled today. Am I being a big baby about this foot? I'm not sure. But I'm so tired of being in pain. I love that I was achieving entire days pain free. Now that I know that is possible I find this pain to be intolerable. I also worry that I'll just get used to it like I did with the hip and knee stuff. Then years go by and I end up a ball of disjointed mess again. Bleck.
So that's enough wallowing for today. Call doctor to make appointment for foot. Swim at gym tomorrow. The plan of action has been determined. Moving on!
You are not being a baby about the foot. Feet keep us up and moving all our lives. We should baby them, pamper them, and protect them, so they keep taking us where we need to go.
ReplyDeleteI hope everything is okay with your foot.
Thanks Lori. I ended up not scheduling an appointment yesterday. The pain was about the same as the day before while I was at work, but last night it didn't get to the throbbing stage like it did the previous two nights. I'm thinking that is a good sign. I'm also beginning to suspect that my feet are telling me my sneakers need replacement. It's been over a year with this pair. More like 18 months. Yikes!
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