I think I am truly falling apart. A little while ago I told you about my back problems and showed you this horrible photo of myself and how my head and neck were protruding forward. Well, now we find out I have plantar fasciitis and no real core muscles, plus I LOST MY BUTT! What that means is that my glutes don’t really fire when I am standing or walking or doing pretty much anything. That allows my hips to flop all around which causes leg and back pain, not to mention the darn plantar fasciitis.
As I sit here typing this I have my left foot taped up like some pro-athlete. Which I most certainly am NOT. The plantar fasciitis is getting so bad that my physical therapist is making me wear shoes all day long. That includes some sort of support when I shower and I have to keep something next to my bed that offers some stability; no bunny slippers for me.
Then she has me doing all these fun exercises including pulling my belly button into my spine. Yeah, if I could do that we wouldn’t be in this predicament in the first place, now would we? I am definitely feeling my age lately. The upside to all of this is that my PT thinks she can fix all these problems, but I didn’t know I was so broken. I have lost over 12 pounds so far, so that has got to help and I am walking on a regular basis. My PT won’t let me run, because, well I can’t do that right either. Due to those floppy hips of mine I cross the mid-line with my feet when I run. Apparently that is a no-no in the PT world and the running is just exacerbating my hip problems. And to think, I was actually getting into it. I always said I hated running, then the first time I start to like it I have to quit. Story of my life.
So I’m falling apart. Hopefully someone can put me back together again, cause I don’t know too many King’s horses or King’s men. And anyway those guys didn’t do much for that Humpty fellow if I remember correctly.
Oh Man! I hope that it gets healed up soon and you can be on your way again. I can tell that my old bones are well…getting old too! I love sitting cross legged, but often forget I can’t do that anymore, and when I get up — OWWW!
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Augh… I had plantar fasciitis for MONTHS back in college thanks to wearing some {literally} $3.99 high heels for 4 18-hour days in a row, standing the whole time, for sorority recruitment. I hope yours goes away much faster than mine did!
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Sometimes I think back to all the sitting positions and different moves I could do and I wonder what the heck happened to that body???
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Agh, so sorry 🙁 And the kinds horses have hooves, what kind of stupid king thought they could do anything with those things?!?!?!
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I’ve had this in my left heel for over six months they want to give me a shot but I’m not so sure I should.
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Eek. Why can’t aging be easier on us?
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Yikes. Your physical therapist’s confidence is a good sign though, right?
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The aches and pains of growing older. Sigh. I hope you get yourself fixed up, soon! 🙂
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Oh boy! It sounds like you have a lot going on- structurally. I hope you find relief soon!
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Big hugs!!! Get better soon!!!
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Growing old sucks. My husband got the shot and had a weird reaction to it.
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my husband has the same issues with his foot I think it took 3 months to get better. He uses a frozen water bottle to rock his foot back and forth to help stretch out he muscles and the stair exercises too. Hope you heal quickly I’m sorry your having so many issues 🙁 feel better soon
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I’m sorry! I’m going out and going for a walk right now….I can feel age creeping quickly up behind me!
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Oh man, that stinks. 🙁 I hope that everything the PT has you doing actually helps!
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I will bring some duct tape, glue sticks and hot glue guns and sticks and we will fix you right up. I hope it gets better soon. Hugs and love.
My mom had plantar fascitis – very painful so sorry 🙁
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Hopefully they will figure it out!
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My hips could not take running either. I’m sorry you’re going through this and I hope you PT helps.
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Oh no! I am so sorry you are going through this. Hopefully they will be able to find a solution that works for you soon.
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Well the foot can get better. Hopefully the floppy hips will improve 🙁
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