I don't have back pain or knee pain (yet)... ...but my feet and ankles are starting to give out. I had plantar fasciitis in my right foot last year. Did PT. This year, my left ankle kept going out. Fell down the stairs in November, and then again in June. So I'm back in physical therapy. Again.
Thankfully, I didn't hurt myself badly. It was just that, as my physical therapist said this morning, the muscles in my foot and ankle are weak and stiff. Overall strength training is the goal when I get out of PT around Halloween. 🏃🏾♀️
Oh my gosh! I had to wear a knee brace for about a month a couple years ago. Everyone asked what happened and all I could say was “walking while 50.” I was literally walking and then something wasn’t quite right.
Literally that's what they told me!!! "Well, you're looking at 50!" 😂😭 I was like, "Wait, that's a thing?"
I mean, I had been overdoing it earlier that day, but the event occurred while I was walking on a sidewalk.
I am 'I sprained my toe' years old and it is no joke I also am looking at 50, over my shoulder as I watch it move into the past
ow ow ow ow ow I'm glad you weren't hurt *badly*, but still!
Take care of yourself, friend! Sending you some RX hugs. 💕
Same! I my feet and ankles, was almost to the bottom of the stairs tripped down trying to avoid a little dog (in flip-flops) hit the bottom plot and snapped my ankle.
Ouch! Yeah... my podiatrist told me "about your flip flops..." 😭
YES, I threw out the the flip flops however kept the doggo
Listen, here! My size 12 overpronating flat feet give thanks for New Balance and orthotics. And the stretches my podiatrist has me doing every day. And the stretches from 3 rounds of PT in the past year. A little arnica on the knees helps too! Boy, do I sound ancient. 😩
I got a start on that one early. I grew waaaay too fast as a kid (was over 6' tall before high school), and my knees blew out from the rapid increase in mass. So I've had constant joint pain since 1980. At this point I'm so used to it that I can usually ignore it.
I wore ankle braces on long hikes for years. It got better eventually, but those really helped.
Also...check out Superfeet inserts. They're life savers. And...find brands of shoes that don't hurt your feet (and the outlet where you can buy them at a reasonable price...for me that has been Danskos. ei yi yi). I no longer buy pretty shoes, alas. They hurt my feet.
I have to have firm soles. Sketchers (which so many recommend) are too soft. Teaching middle school gave me problems with my metatarsal arch (resulting in a cortisone shot), and the only darn place I can find the pads is on Amazon. Went all over the big city looking...nope.
Hang in there!
Ouch! So sorry.
in May I was running in my toe shoes & tripped on a rock with 2 of my toes while the rest of me kept moving the podiatrist I saw in late June told me 1) you can sprain a toe 2) I am now 'I sprained a toe' years old & 3) the inserts she custom fitted need to go inside all my shoes, no cute exception
I am annoyed to report that following her advice allowed me to enjoy 12 days of a 15 day hiking trip the other 3 days were when I learned that a boot stuck in a crack can re-sprain a foot *inside the boot* if you apply sufficient force to the foot which I share so others may avoid suffering
www.charliegoldsmith.com You're welcome. Feel better.