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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 166243" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I finally got an appointment for the GP tomorrow. I posted over in General on the Good Morning Monday thread, but I realise it was a bit ambiguous.</p><p></p><p>This was not caused by the Wii Fit - in fact, I first noticed the pain the night before I ever got on one of these things. It was dry weather but it's possible I had maybe strained/torn a muscle a day or two earlier and not noticed. I am on very strong painkillers which sometimes mask injuries. I think I recall a day at difficult child 3's school a few days earlier when I might have slipped on some wet leaves...</p><p></p><p>The step aerobics seem to be OK and not hurting, unless I do the Advanced ones which include a kick. I noticed the kick was hurting, the last time I did it. But the more advanced ones again, which are just stepping and nothing fancy, for ten minutes, didn't hurt to do so I'm going to give it a go. If I take very short steps it doesn't hurt. I also was wearing kitten heels at the dinner on Saturday, and found my leg felt a lot better. This all fits with it.</p><p></p><p>I haven't seen the doctor for my post-test appointment, so I don't know how bad the tear is. All I know is that it showed up on the ultrasound for the Doppler studies, and from what I was shown on the screen, it looked about five times bigger than the femoral blood vessels. I don't know if magnification changes on those screens though - it probably does. The sonographer said the tear was at the point where the muscle attaches to the tendon at the bottom of the gastrocnemius, which is apparently a common place for it to tear. It's definitely not a micro-tear, which the GP was thinking (probably because I wasn't screaming in agony).</p><p></p><p>One of the problems of taking strong pain medications - it's a bit like the damage lepers can do, due to lost sensation. I can do damage because I am far less aware of pain.</p><p></p><p>So I'm going to do my Wii Fit balance test later on today and hopefully the ten minute step aerobics (depending on what I can handle, with NO pain at all). I might also try for a walk around the block using two crutches and not putting weight on my left leg at all.</p><p>The only contraptions I've got are my mobility scooter and my canada crutches. The scooter is no exercise at all, the canada crutches (two) can take the load off one leg, at least. To get anything else, such as the walking frame described, I would have to be assessed as suitable by the local hospital rehab physiotherapists, and they don't hand them out lightly. To even buy equipment, you usually need a referral from a physio, or you have to pay full price and not claim any back from insurance. And if I won't need it for too long, by the time I see a physio I probably wouldn't need it any more (I hope).</p><p></p><p>I'll have to do some walking tomorrow when I go to the doctor, hopefully it won't be a problem.</p><p></p><p>Fingers crossed!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 166243, member: 1991"] I finally got an appointment for the GP tomorrow. I posted over in General on the Good Morning Monday thread, but I realise it was a bit ambiguous. This was not caused by the Wii Fit - in fact, I first noticed the pain the night before I ever got on one of these things. It was dry weather but it's possible I had maybe strained/torn a muscle a day or two earlier and not noticed. I am on very strong painkillers which sometimes mask injuries. I think I recall a day at difficult child 3's school a few days earlier when I might have slipped on some wet leaves... The step aerobics seem to be OK and not hurting, unless I do the Advanced ones which include a kick. I noticed the kick was hurting, the last time I did it. But the more advanced ones again, which are just stepping and nothing fancy, for ten minutes, didn't hurt to do so I'm going to give it a go. If I take very short steps it doesn't hurt. I also was wearing kitten heels at the dinner on Saturday, and found my leg felt a lot better. This all fits with it. I haven't seen the doctor for my post-test appointment, so I don't know how bad the tear is. All I know is that it showed up on the ultrasound for the Doppler studies, and from what I was shown on the screen, it looked about five times bigger than the femoral blood vessels. I don't know if magnification changes on those screens though - it probably does. The sonographer said the tear was at the point where the muscle attaches to the tendon at the bottom of the gastrocnemius, which is apparently a common place for it to tear. It's definitely not a micro-tear, which the GP was thinking (probably because I wasn't screaming in agony). One of the problems of taking strong pain medications - it's a bit like the damage lepers can do, due to lost sensation. I can do damage because I am far less aware of pain. So I'm going to do my Wii Fit balance test later on today and hopefully the ten minute step aerobics (depending on what I can handle, with NO pain at all). I might also try for a walk around the block using two crutches and not putting weight on my left leg at all. The only contraptions I've got are my mobility scooter and my canada crutches. The scooter is no exercise at all, the canada crutches (two) can take the load off one leg, at least. To get anything else, such as the walking frame described, I would have to be assessed as suitable by the local hospital rehab physiotherapists, and they don't hand them out lightly. To even buy equipment, you usually need a referral from a physio, or you have to pay full price and not claim any back from insurance. And if I won't need it for too long, by the time I see a physio I probably wouldn't need it any more (I hope). I'll have to do some walking tomorrow when I go to the doctor, hopefully it won't be a problem. Fingers crossed! Marg [/QUOTE]
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