Wednesday, April 03, 2013

My PT Appointment Today

Had a PT appointment this afternoon and I was totally honest with Mark about the fact that I am worse off now than I was 3 weeks ago. I told him about Sunday morning when I could hardly walk when I first got up. And how today it has been bothering me and causing me to limp all day long. So, he didn't do the ASTYM treatment today and did an ultra sound treatment instead which felt pretty good. Then he put a patch on there with a very low dose of cortisone in it. I'm to wear this 24 hours if I can keep it on that long and it doesn't bother me. No run tomorrow and no shower unless I put a bag over my foot. We'll do another ultra sound on Friday and see how it is. If no improvement or about the same he thinks I should see the podiatrist, Dr. Redburn, again for another evaluation.

Here's a link to info about what's in this patch:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a682792.html

4 comments:

Runner Girl said...

Well, now, what the heck! Today it is fixed and you can post? I did see your other comment about the forum being full of this complaint. Obviously they changed something that broke it. I wonder what in the world happened!

Sounds like your PT doesn't think this is normal, huh? I'm glad your treatment today felt good at least. Hopefully that and a couple of days off will help a bit.

Dad said...

I hope so, too. The patch was all loose down there when I woke up this morning so I took it off. Was supposed to keep it on for 24 hours but that didn't happen. I should have worn a sock to bed maybe. Anyway, it's off and I'm limping a little this morning. No run today and will see how the day goes.

Yeah, they got the problem fixed. No clue what was going on but people from all over the world were having the same problem.

Dad said...

Just reporting in that the heel and ankle felt pretty good all day today once they loosened up a little this morning. Plan to get and run tomorrow so will let you know how that goes.

Runner Girl said...

Hello! I've never had a patch like that so I'll say that, yes, a sock sounds like the way to go - in hindsight. But I would have learned that the hard way, too! I don't like sleeping with socks on!

Glad it feels a bit better. Good luck tomorrow.

I had an inadvertent day off today. I just got pretty busy and didn't run. I see I forgot to post that I did run 5 miles yesterday. And I will get some good miles in tomorrow, too!