first PT
I went in this morning for my first PT appointment this morning. I was quite aprehensive about it as for the last week all I was hearing at work was how painful it was going to be. There were many gleeful predictions concerning me and crying.
It was not so bad. I have been wearing out the support boots and beating myself up pretty good and was glad to hear that I am at 12 degrees (whatever that means) and so did not have a lot of the pain part that the folks at work were warning me about.The worst part for me was the massaging of the scar part which hurt a bit but not so bad.
So now I have a list of exercises to do, another appointment for later in the week and a lot of hope for progress to come.
I asked if I could toss the boot and he just laughed and told me that the boot is protecting me from me.
Oh well…
August 25th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Stageogre - great job on the PT~ I’m loving my PT - did you get the whirlpool treatment??? I’m out at sports therapy in Medford….its far but I really like the team! I saw you working that boot hard during the deadalus project benefit last Monday - GO YOU! You are really working out that foot….careful out there! The way you were gliding around that stage couldn’t even tell you had a boot - except I can spot a fellow booter anywhere!~ See you at the next play. KKDUB
August 26th, 2008 at 3:46 am
Stageogre,
I found the massaging of the scar the worst as well. It seemed at the time I still had a stitch which had not dissolved so every time she pressed on it it hurt like mad. My Dr. told me it was pointless going for any more physio and that I could just do exercises at home.
Looking out of my sons flat window the other day my husband shouted me to come and look, there it was a man pulling himself out of his car in the car park, waring THE BOOT, although I only ever had a cast as you say the boot gives the game away, I wanted to should encouragement over to him but thought better of it.
Annie