A bit of a sad state over here. I thought I was going to start the LAST stage of ACL rehab - the sports specific conditioning phase. I found my DPT, signed up for it, paid for it, did all the assessment test videos, Zoomed with my two PTs together. BOOM two setbacks. Well one of them resolved so that is good (tweaked back). But the other is lingering and will likely be here for a while. Plantar heel pain / plantar fasciopathy is here once again. I've dealt with is many times before during this recovery. It doesn't come on from too much running, it comes on after a period of rest, but then I try to resume walking first. Rest like 3 weeks of taking it easy due to a highly irritated IT after a monster hike kind of rest. The plantar fascia is highly sensitive and can get irritated with the lowest of miles. It's like it deconditions in just a few weeks and I have to reintroduce the foot to everything all over again. So that is where I am now. I was out of the highly acute pain stages, and then I went to try to run on a better day only for it to flare up in 1 minute. So currently trying to get it to calm down again where I'll resume some walking. I'm still doing heavy calf raises, calf stretches, foot exercises, etc. I won't be able to begin this final stage until the foot is resolved and I'm back to running. The program includes running so foot needs to be resilient! Today is day 1700. Time to summarize my progress in 17 easy steps! Along with a prediction for days 1700-1800.
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AuthorA 45 year old active female who tore her ACL in January 2017 (at the age of 40). Reconstructive surgery in February 2017 with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft. Archives
November 2022
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