In about eleven hours, I’ll sink into my airline seat and thankfully remember the one thing I will have forgotten. I’m fairly predictable on this. Something will be forgotten. So, to finally identify the one thing left behind or undone is generally a great relief. [Read more →]
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OK. I’m back in physical therapy and have the nifty red stretchy band to prove it.
Rehabbing my right ankle was definitely on my “to do” list. I’ve done the MRIs, adjusted and readjusted my “foot plant” when running, cross-trained like crazy, and seen actual doctors (not just watched ones who play one on TV), but it took Zach’s recent injury to get me through the rehab door again.
The bad “sprain” he suffered in his last soccer game turned out to be a couple of torn ligaments in his left ankle.
The doctor pronounced it similar to a torn ACL injury of the knee in severity. Yikes. A Grade 3 tear of his ATF (which I promptly called a “third-grade tear” to our shared amusement)… The doctor also remarked that the tendency to sprain was “genetic” which garnered me an ironic “thank you” from my son (Last night, he expanded the sentiment, promising to write a blog titled “Chronicles of a Genetically Disadvantaged Child.” Funny guy… He gets that great sense of humor from me too, you know).
As the doctor spoke to Zach about the long-term ramifications of not properly treating his injury, I cringed and found myself newly motivated to dust off my own physical therapy prescription from about six months ago…
I run all the time. My right ankle also hurts most of the time. I don’t usually mention that, because I figure people will simply notice the apparent correlation and tell me to stop running, and it’s just not that simple. I think and “write in my head” when I run. I become a better person when pushing myself along wooded trails and can then give the world at large, and my household specifically, the best possible version of myself. So, I’ve learned to manage the pain and cross-train.
But, I’m ready to try for something better again.
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