Et tu, doctor? Et tu?

[blamebrampton]

I slightly damaged my Achilles tendon coming home from the gym the other night. Having gone through the multi-year peroneal tendon saga, I didn't want to wrong-foot (boom boom!) myself on this one, so I headed off to the doc when two days of rest and ice had not done the trick.

Doc: What did you do?

Me: I was crossing the road, when I realised that the car in the distance was doing 70 rather than 50, so I went to sprint the rest of the distance and I felt a little pop and there was a sudden pinching hurt, and it's not a snap, because I could still walk on it, but it hurts with shoes or boots, is fine barefoot or with mules …

Doc: That's not like you.

Me: Que?

Doc: Avoiding the car.

I'm used to this sort of abuse from my friends and family, but from my doctor? Harsh. And honestly, if I wasn't so good at getting out of the way, my dire record of being run over/into would be far worse! Tendon will be fine, BTW, just minimal running for a week or two.

Comments

[shu-shu-sleeps.livejournal.com]

Yes - go back to ballet, that may inspire me to do the same (actually hometime is facilitating that plan...), and I have bung tendons in ankles (lateral and medial), knees and hips! I can still do stuff, you just have to watch out for the way you start compensating....

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

She's encouraging me, too! I think another 6-12 months will see a suitable balance of strength and flexibility so that I can tackle it without doing anything horrid. If all else fails, there's always tap :-)