Back at school teaching. This unfortunately coincided with my first attempts at running. Certainly not a good mix. I've decided to stop running for a little while. Month? Two? Because I am on my feet most of the day-- there's really no way around it-- and the floors are concrete, the bottom of my heel hurts enough that my brain tells my body not to get up, let alone walk. For the past week, I have been wearing my Dansko or Chaco sandals. Not the minimalist shoes that I know and love; however, I need some sort of buffer between my heel and the floor. Neither shoe has much arch support, so I tell myself and this somehow justifies it in my mind--I've become such the barefoot shoe snob (coffee snob...beer snob, but not snob all by itself). Truth be told, I used to walk to my college classes barefoot. I went to a small liberal arts, hippie, Quaker school. Anyway, I am beginning to feel like I can walk around barefoot a little bit, so I am hopeful to be back in my Fivefingers soon. My PT is not worried, so I am working at not being worried.
Update on my current at home exercises:
1. 100 calf raises (still splitting these up, about 30 per time)
2. calf stretches
3. steamboats (these involve a a couch leg, stretchy tubing/tape tied around couch leg, or if at work, desk leg. In fact I have 1 at work and two at home, upstairs and downstairs)
4. single leg balance with my 8 year old throwing something at me to catch, usually a stuffed hippo named Hippie
I work to do these twice per day, minimum.
So everyday require motivation to the ultimate goal. Life certainly gets in the way, and it isn't always easy. I see the PT once per week as it keeps me honest, and Dr. Nick checks in periodically via email. I'm walking the dog and can walk the 1/2 mile into town without any trouble. This in itself is progress.
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