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Orthotics And Now Physical Therapy
So it’s been a week on the latest round of steroids and my feet hurt!
At my follow up appointment with my podiatrist today, she discovered a new cause for the pain in my foot.
On the right foot, the one with the high sprain and fractured fibula, I have now developed tendonitis.
You have got to be kidding!
I can’t believe it and yet I am relieved to learn that there is an explanation for the continued pain.
I am going to finish up the latest round of steroids and keep taking the new anti-inflammatory medication she has asked me to try.
The heel pain from plantar fascitis seems at times to be showing very slow improvement but I am almost too afraid to hope. By the end of my work day, I am simply exhausted just from trying to get around.
My back and legs continue to ache and I am sure that is from the weird way I am walking… I walk so gingerly trying to avoid completely stepping down fully with the foot with plantar fascitis and trying to lug around the right foot with the walking cast. Wow, it gets heavy by the end of the day.
In two weeks at my doctor’s prescription I am going to begin physical therapy. I have to say though… I am worried. I am not sure I can stand it. I am definitely nervous. But I know that I need to do everything I can to get some relief from the pain in my feet.
Lessons learned… listen to your body.
I am frustrated that I went so many weeks without answers, even though my body was still screaming in pain. If only I had listened to my foot pain earlier and pushed harder for more aggressive treatment then I would be that much further down the path to feeling better than I am at right now.
I ended up with an additional injury, the fractured fibula, from lack of treatment to the original complaint of plantar fascitis.
Foot pain, I have learned, impacts every area of your body… and for me… my life. I am still on the sidelines… I want to get back in the game… but I need relief from foot pain.
Will physical therapy be the answer… who knows… my aching feet sure hope so!