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Thursday, June 23, 2016
6 Days s/p TENEX
Oops missed yesterday's update...
That's how unremarkable it is. The only change was last night it took awhile to get comfortable enough to sleep. According to my husband, due to the healing process, my fascia feels tight. While it doesn't create pain, I do get some zings here and there.
Looking back, I realize, the procedure itself is relatively new, and I didn't freak out that much about it. Apparently, my doctor is only 1 of 2 on the island can is authorized to do this procedure. I guess it's good to have a young doctor that did his training on the mainland, much like my husband. Yeah, I think we're all around the same age. At the end of the day, I am glad I went in to check out my hip....
So.. That's how it all started...
I was pretty much living with plantar fasciitis for over a year. I ignored the pain, stretched and continued to run through it all...
Fast forward to a bunch of races of later, the pain was so excruciating that I had a really hard time finishing it, especially since it was a Disney one in the summer.
I finally gave in. I asked my husband for a referral to a Podiatrist and then told my PCP to refer me to him. I went ahead, got a consult, it was indeed the dreaded plantar fasciitis. My Podiatrist put me in Sole inserts and had me start physician therapy as soon as possible.
My PT took me outside of the clinic and made me run while she recorded it. My assumptions about my form were true. I under pronate, which means I supinate, which in turn means, I run on the outside of my feet. It explains why my foot turns under me when I walk from time to time, and I am amazed that all these years I have never broke my ankle due to this *knock on wood*.
We tried to correct that in turn to see if that could help my PF. It wasn't completely helping but it was making my foot strike better. Working my gluteus and hips felt like it helped to correct that problem.
I ended up running the Disneyland Star Wars in January. I supported my ankle on park days and took the run easy. Very easy. I ended with no pain, but I know that wasn't going to last long. I had a follow up appointment with my podiatrist and I ended up with a cortisone shot. It wasn't as bad as everyone said it was. I was lucky because he made sure to spray the numbing topical first, which helps with the initial poke. It helped for a couple of months, and did so when I had my customized insoles made. When I went to get my insoles I realize the insoles pushed me out again and I had to choose different shoes because they thick that it made my feet slide out of the Brooks I was using. At this time I was allowed to run again (this was March).
Fast forward my right hip starts to bother me. Once again, I get a referral from my husband and relay it to my PCP to schedule a consult with, who is now, my Sports Medicine physician and I finally got into see him in May.
So. The hip pain was due to compensation because of my foot. Left foot pain, made me limp and in turned made my right hip take the brunt.
At the end of the appointment, he gave me a cortisone shot in the hip (embarrassing, yes, as my butt got exposed). That injection wasn't all that bad either, even without the numbing spray. (By this point and allergy shots, my fear of them have dissipated.) I was sidelined and couldn't run since March that it didn't really matter that I couldn't run with the shot. The only thing that this took away was my Body Pump, 30 mins of hell class (Grit) and my martial arts class (Turbo). Oh well..... I ended up with more PT. So now, I have been in PT for more than a couple of months. Oh 3 scripts later. Umm.. 18 weeks? Well, the interesting thing that happened though... I got an MRI script for my foot. It was so fast, that I had my Sports Med appointment on a Wednesday and the MRI, that Friday. Crazy.... We talked about the treatment options I had for my foot, which were PRP or TENEX. It would all depend on what the MRI had to say about my foot.
The MRI results were read to me a few days later; we decided TENEX was the best treatment option, being that my fascia was overly thick, and my bone marrow was inflamed as well. (Husband was amused by this but I guess that's pretty dangerous.) I was then scheduled for my TENEX a couple of weeks later.
That road is how I got to being stuck in the bed today.
At the end of the day, I am very thankful for my doctors and PT's who have provided the upmost care, and my husband who has referred me to them...
That's how unremarkable it is. The only change was last night it took awhile to get comfortable enough to sleep. According to my husband, due to the healing process, my fascia feels tight. While it doesn't create pain, I do get some zings here and there.
Looking back, I realize, the procedure itself is relatively new, and I didn't freak out that much about it. Apparently, my doctor is only 1 of 2 on the island can is authorized to do this procedure. I guess it's good to have a young doctor that did his training on the mainland, much like my husband. Yeah, I think we're all around the same age. At the end of the day, I am glad I went in to check out my hip....
So.. That's how it all started...
I was pretty much living with plantar fasciitis for over a year. I ignored the pain, stretched and continued to run through it all...
Fast forward to a bunch of races of later, the pain was so excruciating that I had a really hard time finishing it, especially since it was a Disney one in the summer.
I finally gave in. I asked my husband for a referral to a Podiatrist and then told my PCP to refer me to him. I went ahead, got a consult, it was indeed the dreaded plantar fasciitis. My Podiatrist put me in Sole inserts and had me start physician therapy as soon as possible.
My PT took me outside of the clinic and made me run while she recorded it. My assumptions about my form were true. I under pronate, which means I supinate, which in turn means, I run on the outside of my feet. It explains why my foot turns under me when I walk from time to time, and I am amazed that all these years I have never broke my ankle due to this *knock on wood*.
We tried to correct that in turn to see if that could help my PF. It wasn't completely helping but it was making my foot strike better. Working my gluteus and hips felt like it helped to correct that problem.
I ended up running the Disneyland Star Wars in January. I supported my ankle on park days and took the run easy. Very easy. I ended with no pain, but I know that wasn't going to last long. I had a follow up appointment with my podiatrist and I ended up with a cortisone shot. It wasn't as bad as everyone said it was. I was lucky because he made sure to spray the numbing topical first, which helps with the initial poke. It helped for a couple of months, and did so when I had my customized insoles made. When I went to get my insoles I realize the insoles pushed me out again and I had to choose different shoes because they thick that it made my feet slide out of the Brooks I was using. At this time I was allowed to run again (this was March).
Fast forward my right hip starts to bother me. Once again, I get a referral from my husband and relay it to my PCP to schedule a consult with, who is now, my Sports Medicine physician and I finally got into see him in May.
So. The hip pain was due to compensation because of my foot. Left foot pain, made me limp and in turned made my right hip take the brunt.
At the end of the appointment, he gave me a cortisone shot in the hip (embarrassing, yes, as my butt got exposed). That injection wasn't all that bad either, even without the numbing spray. (By this point and allergy shots, my fear of them have dissipated.) I was sidelined and couldn't run since March that it didn't really matter that I couldn't run with the shot. The only thing that this took away was my Body Pump, 30 mins of hell class (Grit) and my martial arts class (Turbo). Oh well..... I ended up with more PT. So now, I have been in PT for more than a couple of months. Oh 3 scripts later. Umm.. 18 weeks? Well, the interesting thing that happened though... I got an MRI script for my foot. It was so fast, that I had my Sports Med appointment on a Wednesday and the MRI, that Friday. Crazy.... We talked about the treatment options I had for my foot, which were PRP or TENEX. It would all depend on what the MRI had to say about my foot.
The MRI results were read to me a few days later; we decided TENEX was the best treatment option, being that my fascia was overly thick, and my bone marrow was inflamed as well. (Husband was amused by this but I guess that's pretty dangerous.) I was then scheduled for my TENEX a couple of weeks later.
That road is how I got to being stuck in the bed today.
At the end of the day, I am very thankful for my doctors and PT's who have provided the upmost care, and my husband who has referred me to them...
6 Days s/p TENEX
Oops missed yesterday's update...
That's how unremarkable it is. The only change was last night it took awhile to get comfortable enough to sleep. According to my husband, due to the healing process, my fascia feels tight. While it doesn't create pain, I do get some zings here and there.
Looking back, I realize, the procedure itself is relatively new, and I didn't freak out that much about it. Apparently, my doctor is only 1 of 2 on the island can is authorized to do this procedure. I guess it's good to have a young doctor that did his training on the mainland, much like my husband. Yeah, I think we're all around the same age. At the end of the day, I am glad I went in to check out my hip....
So.. That's how it all started...
I was pretty much living with plantar fasciitis for over a year. I ignored the pain, stretched and continued to run through it all...
Fast forward to a bunch of races of later, the pain was so excruciating that I had a really hard time finishing it, especially since it was a Disney one in the summer.
I finally gave in. I asked my husband for a referral to a Podiatrist and then told my PCP to refer me to him. I went ahead, got a consult, it was indeed the dreaded plantar fasciitis. My Podiatrist put me in Sole inserts and had me start physician therapy as soon as possible.
My PT took me outside of the clinic and made me run while she recorded it. My assumptions about my form were true. I under pronate, which means I supinate, which in turn means, I run on the outside of my feet. It explains why my foot turns under me when I walk from time to time, and I am amazed that all these years I have never broke my ankle due to this *knock on wood*.
We tried to correct that in turn to see if that could help my PF. It wasn't completely helping but it was making my foot strike better. Working my gluteus and hips felt like it helped to correct that problem.
I ended up running the Disneyland Star Wars in January. I supported my ankle on park days and took the run easy. Very easy. I ended with no pain, but I know that wasn't going to last long. I had a follow up appointment with my podiatrist and I ended up with a cortisone shot. It wasn't as bad as everyone said it was. I was lucky because he made sure to spray the numbing topical first, which helps with the initial poke. It helped for a couple of months, and did so when I had my customized insoles made. When I went to get my insoles I realize the insoles pushed me out again and I had to choose different shoes because they thick that it made my feet slide out of the Brooks I was using. At this time I was allowed to run again (this was March).
Fast forward my right hip starts to bother me. Once again, I get a referral from my husband and relay it to my PCP to schedule a consult with, who is now, my Sports Medicine physician and I finally got into see him in May.
So. The hip pain was due to compensation because of my foot. Left foot pain, made me limp and in turned made my right hip take the brunt.
At the end of the appointment, he gave me a cortisone shot in the hip (embarrassing, yes, as my butt got exposed). That injection wasn't all that bad either, even without the numbing spray. (By this point and allergy shots, my fear of them have dissipated.) I was sidelined and couldn't run since March that it didn't really matter that I couldn't run with the shot. The only thing that this took away was my Body Pump, 30 mins of hell class (Grit) and my martial arts class (Turbo). Oh well..... I ended up with more PT. So now, I have been in PT for more than a couple of months. Oh 3 scripts later. Umm.. 18 weeks? Well, the interesting thing that happened though... I got an MRI script for my foot. It was so fast, that I had my Sports Med appointment on a Wednesday and the MRI, that Friday. Crazy.... We talked about the treatment options I had for my foot, which were PRP or TENEX. It would all depend on what the MRI had to say about my foot.
The MRI results were read to me a few days later; we decided TENEX was the best treatment option, being that my fascia was overly thick, and my bone marrow was inflamed as well. (Husband was amused by this but I guess that's pretty dangerous.) I was then scheduled for my TENEX a couple of weeks later.
That road is how I got to being stuck in the bed today.
At the end of the day, I am very thankful for my doctors and PT's at Straub.
That's how unremarkable it is. The only change was last night it took awhile to get comfortable enough to sleep. According to my husband, due to the healing process, my fascia feels tight. While it doesn't create pain, I do get some zings here and there.
Looking back, I realize, the procedure itself is relatively new, and I didn't freak out that much about it. Apparently, my doctor is only 1 of 2 on the island can is authorized to do this procedure. I guess it's good to have a young doctor that did his training on the mainland, much like my husband. Yeah, I think we're all around the same age. At the end of the day, I am glad I went in to check out my hip....
So.. That's how it all started...
I was pretty much living with plantar fasciitis for over a year. I ignored the pain, stretched and continued to run through it all...
Fast forward to a bunch of races of later, the pain was so excruciating that I had a really hard time finishing it, especially since it was a Disney one in the summer.
I finally gave in. I asked my husband for a referral to a Podiatrist and then told my PCP to refer me to him. I went ahead, got a consult, it was indeed the dreaded plantar fasciitis. My Podiatrist put me in Sole inserts and had me start physician therapy as soon as possible.
My PT took me outside of the clinic and made me run while she recorded it. My assumptions about my form were true. I under pronate, which means I supinate, which in turn means, I run on the outside of my feet. It explains why my foot turns under me when I walk from time to time, and I am amazed that all these years I have never broke my ankle due to this *knock on wood*.
We tried to correct that in turn to see if that could help my PF. It wasn't completely helping but it was making my foot strike better. Working my gluteus and hips felt like it helped to correct that problem.
I ended up running the Disneyland Star Wars in January. I supported my ankle on park days and took the run easy. Very easy. I ended with no pain, but I know that wasn't going to last long. I had a follow up appointment with my podiatrist and I ended up with a cortisone shot. It wasn't as bad as everyone said it was. I was lucky because he made sure to spray the numbing topical first, which helps with the initial poke. It helped for a couple of months, and did so when I had my customized insoles made. When I went to get my insoles I realize the insoles pushed me out again and I had to choose different shoes because they thick that it made my feet slide out of the Brooks I was using. At this time I was allowed to run again (this was March).
Fast forward my right hip starts to bother me. Once again, I get a referral from my husband and relay it to my PCP to schedule a consult with, who is now, my Sports Medicine physician and I finally got into see him in May.
So. The hip pain was due to compensation because of my foot. Left foot pain, made me limp and in turned made my right hip take the brunt.
At the end of the appointment, he gave me a cortisone shot in the hip (embarrassing, yes, as my butt got exposed). That injection wasn't all that bad either, even without the numbing spray. (By this point and allergy shots, my fear of them have dissipated.) I was sidelined and couldn't run since March that it didn't really matter that I couldn't run with the shot. The only thing that this took away was my Body Pump, 30 mins of hell class (Grit) and my martial arts class (Turbo). Oh well..... I ended up with more PT. So now, I have been in PT for more than a couple of months. Oh 3 scripts later. Umm.. 18 weeks? Well, the interesting thing that happened though... I got an MRI script for my foot. It was so fast, that I had my Sports Med appointment on a Wednesday and the MRI, that Friday. Crazy.... We talked about the treatment options I had for my foot, which were PRP or TENEX. It would all depend on what the MRI had to say about my foot.
The MRI results were read to me a few days later; we decided TENEX was the best treatment option, being that my fascia was overly thick, and my bone marrow was inflamed as well. (Husband was amused by this but I guess that's pretty dangerous.) I was then scheduled for my TENEX a couple of weeks later.
That road is how I got to being stuck in the bed today.
At the end of the day, I am very thankful for my doctors and PT's at Straub.
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
4 Days s/p TENEX
It's 4 days out now. I managed to catch a ride to Starbucks to get outside of the 4 walls.
Pain is really minimal. It's just sensitive around the incision.
Early this morning my husband so kindly did a dressing change. I couldn't bring myself to look at the incision although he said it's pretty simply and clean....
Every now and again I have some achiness but nothing horrible. I have some shocking jolts but it isn't even half the strength it was prior to the procedure!
Pain is really minimal. It's just sensitive around the incision.
Early this morning my husband so kindly did a dressing change. I couldn't bring myself to look at the incision although he said it's pretty simply and clean....
Every now and again I have some achiness but nothing horrible. I have some shocking jolts but it isn't even half the strength it was prior to the procedure!
Monday, June 20, 2016
3 Days s/p TENEX
For the most part it has been an easier than I had anticipated journey. Knock on wood...
I haven't needed to take any pain pills, which is nice, I just have the swollen foot and the steri strips are falling off kind of stuff happening....
Otherwise, I think the hardest parts of the healing are:
- Not being able to sleep on my right side since my foot will touch the pillow at the incision site.
- Having to shower and use the bathroom with my foot up.
- Not doing anything....
I learned I can never be a lazy, lay in bed all day kind of person, it's driving me nuts. I miss the gym, shopping, and working on the kitchen.
Saturday, June 18, 2016
TENEX FAST Procedure for Plantar Fasciitis
I am writing tonight about the procedure that I had today.
My appointment was at Straub in Honolulu. It was definitely out of my comfort zone as I have never really had any incisions in my body besides my wisdom removal.
The procedure itself was relatively quick. It was the prep work that took the most amount of time; talk about building the anticipation.
I was told to lay on stomach, they covered me with a warm blanket, it was a nice touch. I was then prepped with betadine and another antiseptic, then they covered my left foot with only the incision area to be exposed.
My foot was then injected with lidocaine. I think that was by far the worst part of the procedure. It was more of a shock at how much pain shot through my foot, but I was warned, so fair enough. My physician took a few minutes to get down to the fascia and the surrounding areas, but on top of that, he had to inject the skin area where the incision was to be made.
Overall, I believe it took about 5-8 minutes to get the lidocaine in the areas it needed to be embedded.
After getting all numbed up, he used an 11 blade to create an incision to where the TENEX needle would be inserted to. This was the part I was very worried about, I was more worried about the ability to feel this deep incision.... Low and behold, there was no pain!
When the TENEX went in, I couldn't feel a thing, even with the motions that the doctor was doing. The only feeling that I had was sort of a popping sensation. It didn't hurt, but it was just odd...
The TENEX portion took a few minutes and I was done!
The RN fitted me for a boot and I was sent on my merry way.
I was sent down to PT for crutches and some lessons on how to use it.
My husband and I grabbed lunch downstairs and went home.
There is some pain, I was told to take Tylenol and I did so about an hour ago.
Here's to sleeping with my foot elevated tonight.....
My appointment was at Straub in Honolulu. It was definitely out of my comfort zone as I have never really had any incisions in my body besides my wisdom removal.
The procedure itself was relatively quick. It was the prep work that took the most amount of time; talk about building the anticipation.
I was told to lay on stomach, they covered me with a warm blanket, it was a nice touch. I was then prepped with betadine and another antiseptic, then they covered my left foot with only the incision area to be exposed.
My foot was then injected with lidocaine. I think that was by far the worst part of the procedure. It was more of a shock at how much pain shot through my foot, but I was warned, so fair enough. My physician took a few minutes to get down to the fascia and the surrounding areas, but on top of that, he had to inject the skin area where the incision was to be made.
Overall, I believe it took about 5-8 minutes to get the lidocaine in the areas it needed to be embedded.
After getting all numbed up, he used an 11 blade to create an incision to where the TENEX needle would be inserted to. This was the part I was very worried about, I was more worried about the ability to feel this deep incision.... Low and behold, there was no pain!
When the TENEX went in, I couldn't feel a thing, even with the motions that the doctor was doing. The only feeling that I had was sort of a popping sensation. It didn't hurt, but it was just odd...
The TENEX portion took a few minutes and I was done!
The RN fitted me for a boot and I was sent on my merry way.
I was sent down to PT for crutches and some lessons on how to use it.
My husband and I grabbed lunch downstairs and went home.
There is some pain, I was told to take Tylenol and I did so about an hour ago.
Here's to sleeping with my foot elevated tonight.....
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