Ouch, dammit! :)

I started PT today for my shin splints and leg issues. Went to the orthopedist on Tuesday, and, well basically we know nothing definitive. Could be just shin splints and minor stress fractures, could be major stress fractures, could be exercise induced compartment syndrome or a variety of other things. What she knows definitively is that my calf muscles and Achilles tendon are WAY tight! I will need surgery on them at some point. Might not be for another 10 years though, hopefully. The solution to compartment syndrome is to cut the compartment...which ends up with a hernia on my leg!!!! Yuck! My legs are my only great attribute, I'm NOT going to mess them up! :)

Anyway, there are things I can do in the meantime. I have stretches to do, I can swim and ride my trainer. I need to wait to skate for another couple weeks. And...here's the really bizarre one...I'm supposed to sleep with my XC boots on my feet! That keeps my feet flexed and my calf muscles stretched. LOL this should be fun.

So it's PT min twice/week. First one today and all I'm going to say is OMFG!!!!! It hurt so much! I cried, and my legs are bruised. They have to break up the incredible amount of fibroids and adhesions in my muscles. The form of soft tissue mobilization they're using is called ASTYM. Basically, he uses these hard plastic scraper-type things and scrape it up and down the muscle. Doesn't sound painful, does it? WELL IT IS!!!!!! Man, by the end I was in tears, literally. I so don't want to go back, but I know I have to. If it'll help...I have to go. Man, I wish I had a hot tub. That would feel so nice on them right now. Oh, and they're bruised. Common reaction, nothing unusual about it.

So keep your fingers crossed for me and my little legs. I've got an appointment for a bone scan, which will hopefully tell us something, or rule a bunch of stuff out. I really want to skate again!

Went and saw Babel with April tonight...I swear to god the web page said it was playing Casino Royale. I checked several times! And The Source says thats what it's playing too!!!! But...turns out it was playing Babel. Which I really wanted to see, but I was more in the mood for something fun, not serious. It was excellent...but man, what an emotional wringer! I looked up the website ... and it turns out I was looking at the Kennedy School in Portland's page! Sheesh. Oopsy. I'll blame it on the...I dunno, something!