on aging and ankles
I have been hurt since last April. That seems wild to me, but it’s true. I’ve been mildly-sore-but-am-I-being-dramatic hurt and oh-no-this-can’t-be-right-hurt and am-I-doing-the-PT-wrong hurt and why-is-this-still-the-same-uncomfortable hurt and oh so many others. When Crocs are the only shoes your swollen foot fits into Between the arch and the ankle, not being able to go for long walks or ride a bike, driving making my whole foot swell, etc., I’ve tried to keep my head in the space of how this is just a season and one of these solutions we’re throwing at it will fix it . But I’ve also been in the space of wondering if this is all in my head or if this is just how the rest of my life will be. Dramatic much, Lindsay? Yikes. After doing 8 weeks of PT this go around and still having a heavily swollen ankle (and now foot, sigh), I saw the orthopedic doctor earlier this week. We talked about how I did dry needling and cupping...