Well, I got to say. I still hurts when my TheRapist jabs a thumb into my foot. Things were a little different. First off I decided to ruin a good lunch. The appointment was at noon and I had to skarf down a turkey sandwich at about 11:30. I was hungry and it was good. Well, what little I tasted of it as it went speeding past my taste buds.
Pretty much the same treatment. I got warmed up with moist heat. Then the ultrasonic thing. She probed around a little to hit the really hurty spots. Those actually hurt. Here is the real change. I did this on my back with my feet elevated. I decided to try it out to see if it was better than belly bound. The elevation was removed and I actually got some warning that I was going to be in agony.
There is was. The jab in the foot. What was this woman trying to do. I think it is a mechanism to get people to stop getting injured. I mean if this is what I have to go through every time I get injured then I will avoid it in the future. I hear of these trails that are padded with down feathers that have amazing traction, and always with a head wind ever so slight so as to rustle the hair (what little I have left). On this mythical trail, no one would get injured, we would all run like Ryan Hall, and pains would be non-existent. I shall run there from now on if it will just keep me from getting slammed in the foot with a strong thumb.
Of course I was reading while being tortured. Bart Yasso’s book is fantastic. It has some of the funniest stuff ever. The TheRapist was having trouble figuring out if I was laughing at the book or at the pain. I informed her that it was both. I tend to laugh at pain. I think it is frustration thing and allows for a cool calm transition in crying. That is if I was not a guy. Men like me don’t cry…except for legitimate reason like horrible injuries, dog dying, the final episode of M*A*S*H, or when Angel tell Buffy that he is leaving. Wait that is Space. Ha!
Back to the torture.
We flexed the ankle a little and the like. The biggest problem was my thighs were constantly contracted. It was real tiring and I didn’t like it. We moved on to the stretching and the bike. Nothing new. And I am already getting used to the Stimulator. (The electrocution I mention previously)
In conclusion. I think belly bound is the way to go till the force me other wise. I may mix it up with them and lie on my side just the mess with the TheRapist. The best part is I was on my feet the entirety of that afternoon and my achilles felt fantastic. It felt so good that my knee was starting to bother me. When I can feel an old nagging injury or something else hurts then I know the current injury is on the mend.
Well, I got another date with the TheRapist today, another lunch ruined. Help me Yasso you are my only hope.
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