Foot update
Oct. 12th, 2005 03:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amanda_loddenI went to the podiatrist today for my foot pain.
The good news: It's not broken and never was, and thus will not need to be re-broken.
The bad news: The immediate pain is from a Lisfrank strain, which is the joint(s) at which the toes meet the rest of the foot. Strains and sprains take a long time to heal in the best of circumstances because there's no direct blood flow to the tendons and ligaments like there is to muscles. However, the strain is/was caused by my tendency towards a flat foot (it's not officially flat, because it's not flat at rest. However, as soon as I put pressure on it, it splays out into flat). Every time I bear any weight, the arch collapses and pulls on that joint, which causes it to pull the tendons farther than they ought to go, which basically means every time I take a step I re-strain it a little bit. I am now the proud wearer of an arch support. If I'm lucky, that will support everything enough to let all the tendons heal up properly. If I'm not lucky, more drastic steps will have to be taken to let the tendons rest and heal. (The toe pain is because the tendon that is worst is the one that goes up that toe, and the extra bump is not extra after all, it's just that that bump is less pronounced in the other foot.)
Oh, and my left leg is about 3/8" shorter than my right, which leads to a tendency for my left foot to pronate (roll outward), which may be why the muscles that should be supporting the arch aren't as strong as they ought to be.
The good news: It's not broken and never was, and thus will not need to be re-broken.
The bad news: The immediate pain is from a Lisfrank strain, which is the joint(s) at which the toes meet the rest of the foot. Strains and sprains take a long time to heal in the best of circumstances because there's no direct blood flow to the tendons and ligaments like there is to muscles. However, the strain is/was caused by my tendency towards a flat foot (it's not officially flat, because it's not flat at rest. However, as soon as I put pressure on it, it splays out into flat). Every time I bear any weight, the arch collapses and pulls on that joint, which causes it to pull the tendons farther than they ought to go, which basically means every time I take a step I re-strain it a little bit. I am now the proud wearer of an arch support. If I'm lucky, that will support everything enough to let all the tendons heal up properly. If I'm not lucky, more drastic steps will have to be taken to let the tendons rest and heal. (The toe pain is because the tendon that is worst is the one that goes up that toe, and the extra bump is not extra after all, it's just that that bump is less pronounced in the other foot.)
Oh, and my left leg is about 3/8" shorter than my right, which leads to a tendency for my left foot to pronate (roll outward), which may be why the muscles that should be supporting the arch aren't as strong as they ought to be.
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Date: 2005-10-12 11:54 pm (UTC)I'm glad the arch support will help you. Hope you heal quickly.