Long drive but worth it!
Well, after deciding to stay home and tend to my brand new PT, my husband and kids convinced me to go on vacation for a week. It was fun but exhausting. After driving 3.5 hours from Sudbury to Toronto, we took the four hour flight to Calgary Alberta and spent the day, The rest of the trip involved driving over the mountains to Banff, (beautiful) and then on to the Okanogan Valley in British Columbia. The views were spectacular and it reminded me of a trip I took through the Andes in Venezuela 17 years ago. You sure stay focused on roads like that!! We then continued on to Vancouver and flew home to Toronto. Did I mention that we all managed to get the stomach flu on different days during the trip?? What fun. Anyway, despite the fact that I got very little exercise done on my foot, I did manage to do a lot of walking and it helped loosen things up. Unfortunately most of the hotels did not have enough pillows for me to prop up my foot and I got very swollen. A good nights rest at home with some ice fixed me up in no time.
Well, I went back to PT yesterday and got the heat, ultrasound and massage treatment. The massage was new and it hurt like &*^%#$. When I got up this morning my tendon screamed at me like never before but after a few minutes it loosened up and felt better than ever. I guess the massage really works. I go back tomorrow for some more abuse. I am hopeful to be out of the boot in one week and driving very shortly. The inability to drive yet is proving very difficult as I need people to drive me to PT and other appointments. I can’t wait till this is over.
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Keep up the massage at home with some Vitamin E oil. Ask your therapist to show you how to massage along the tendon. If it hurts you probably have a lot of adhesion - it will feel better when it’s gliding smoothly.