Oh physical therapy...

So, I went back for my FOURTH physical therapy appointment. Before the appointment I brainstormed with Michael before to describe exactly what the issue is. The PT always asks me before and after I leave what level of pain I am in 1-10. That doesn't make sense in my head. I told him it was a 4 overall, because it hurts, but I am not in constant pain. I pretty much just averaged my pain out. But I don't think that was effective. So I ended up telling him that when it does hurt, the first 5-10 steps of walking after sitting for awhile, in the morning, etc, it is at a level 8. Once I am over those first few steps about a 4. Once I am walking for about 10-15 minutes it is at a 2.

The PT said, in a nice way of course, that he was pretty frustrated that I am not seeing improvement. It was actually feeling worse on Saturday and Sunday. Not okay. So he did the whole torture massage, taught me some new stretches and workouts, and suggested I get a night splint. The night splint essentially just stretches out your Achilles tendon at night. He said a lot of ballet people he has done PT with often use it and say it made a huge difference. I got some today at lunch and will give them a try. He also suggested some shoe inserts. I don't have much faith in those but I got some of those as well to try.

I also got some glucosomine, because my dad says it worked for his same issues. I think it takes a month before you can even pretend to think it is working. haha.

I have to go in for one more appointment on Thursday. I am supposed to go for one normal run and one swim. I am actually pretty excited for the swim.

So lets get into yesterdays eats.

I started the day with some greek yogurt w/ grape nuts, vanilla almond granola and strawberries.




For lunch I had an egg salad pita with some sweet potato chips I found at work.




For a snack I had some veggies with oregano. I took the photo when I had already eaten about 3/4s of the bag.




For dinner I made peanut soup again. I made a HUGE batch. I didn't mean to, but I did. you might see that eaten a lot in the next few weeks. I also froze a lot so I can have a go to dinner when needed.



Have you ever had to go to physical therapy?