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graduated from PT?
Dec. 21st, 2022 10:27 am- My pain level has dropped to "occasional nuisance unless I slack off on the home exercises"
- I can walk longer distances unless I slack off on the home exercises
- My right foot has stopped turning outwards?
- I can balance on one foot for 20-25 seconds as opposed to 5-10.
...so I'm going to stop seeing the physical therapist in person, and I will not be getting a cortisone shot in my ass. (yay. cortisone shots are pretty terrible to administer and also may actually hasten the advance of arthritis according to research I saw recently.)
The orthopedist warned me that this is more or less conditional on continuing to do the home exercises - if I stop doing the home exercises altogether the pain will come back! so "do not slack off on the home exercises" is probably going to need to be on my to-do list for non-cardio days. (except for maybe one. "put a band around your ankles, squat slightly, walk sideways while continuing to squat" sounds easy, but if it actually is easy you're doing it wrong; doing it the length of my hallway and back every muscle below my waist was grousing and I was out of breath. I might slack off on that one, or on the other hand it might be the worst one to slack off on.)
- I can walk longer distances unless I slack off on the home exercises
- My right foot has stopped turning outwards?
- I can balance on one foot for 20-25 seconds as opposed to 5-10.
...so I'm going to stop seeing the physical therapist in person, and I will not be getting a cortisone shot in my ass. (yay. cortisone shots are pretty terrible to administer and also may actually hasten the advance of arthritis according to research I saw recently.)
The orthopedist warned me that this is more or less conditional on continuing to do the home exercises - if I stop doing the home exercises altogether the pain will come back! so "do not slack off on the home exercises" is probably going to need to be on my to-do list for non-cardio days. (except for maybe one. "put a band around your ankles, squat slightly, walk sideways while continuing to squat" sounds easy, but if it actually is easy you're doing it wrong; doing it the length of my hallway and back every muscle below my waist was grousing and I was out of breath. I might slack off on that one, or on the other hand it might be the worst one to slack off on.)
