Okay it's been forever since I have written anything, but I want to start again today because I want to start blogging about my physical therapy that I am going through.
When I was about 12 years old, I broke the growth plate in my ankle and had to have surgery on it, and since then, I have been in pain in my left foot (the one I broke). I've gone to my general physician about it a few times, but he told me that my arches had fallen and I just needed better shoes.
But, in the very beginning to September I fell off my steps, and tore a tendon in my ankle (I didn't get myself to the doctor for that one either until months later) and it has still been bothering me, so I finally went to an orthopedic doctor and he looked at both of my feet. For my right ankle I was given an ankle brace, and on the left foot, I got an xray and an MRI done. The MRI showed that I had a pocket of fluid and severe tendonitis in my post tib. I got another brace for that foot, so I've been walking funny for two weeks :)
Anyways, I went to my first physical therapy session last Friday, the 10th, I believe, and it was new haha. I go to ATI Physical Therapy in Bourbonnais. Everyone there was very nice, and I began with a woman named Angela, who tested my flexibility and found out what all was going on and she found out something else. It turns out the muscles on the inside of my legs are so tight that it is turning my heels down. That is why my feet are so flat and I have pain when I run or walk a lot.
Yesterday, I got a woman also named Bri, and she started out with a leg massage and then I had to do a lot of balance exercises, which KILLED me! I am still in so much pain today on the outer part on the bottom of my foot and the very top of my foot, and of course the inside. (sounds like my whole foot, but there are parts that do not hurt haha)
I will be continuing to blog throughout the rest of my therapy so I can track my progress
PEACE!
