Walking

I took the day off yesterday to do my Christmas shopping. I started the morning with a physical therapy appointment. Then I headed out to the malls. I did a full lap through Colorado Mills, laps upstairs and down at the Flat Irons, then a bit of wandering through the Westminster mall, followed finally by a trip or two to specialty stores. It was far and away the most walking I have done since my injury. All in all, I'd say it went pretty well.

My legs and feet and knee definitely got tired and sore. I took several, short, one or two minute breaks just to take the load off. That seemed to help. I walked more slowly than I used too. A big part of that though is just focusing on the mechanics of my gait.

I put in 8½ or so hours of shopping before meeting up with my sister for a burger and beers at a pretty cool bar near her place. A couple of Stellas went a long way toward healing my leg.

On a side note, I'm now dealing with a nasty knot in my good leg that is also affecting my walking. It's painful, causes me to drop my hip when I walk, and, in turn, leads to lower back pain. My physical therapist seems to have figured out a good way to destroy the thing, but it's gonna take a bit more time to destroy.

This morning, my bad leg feels decent - just a bit tired as I might expect following any increase in physical activity. The knot in my good leg is feeling a bit gnarly today. The knot held up pretty well yesterday after the work done on it in the morning by the therapist, but today it seems to have flared back up.

The treatment is to use a small vibrator on the spot to break it up. I've considered sending an email to the ladies in the office to inquire whether any of them carry a small, personal massager in their purse that I might borrow to treat my leg. But, really, I more greatly fear a slew of yes responses than nos.

Jonathan 12/20/2006 08:42:00 AM