Just my luck…(health update)
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Yep, I’m googling around, some places do recommend contrast bathing for feet as well.
It’s interesting to me that the doctor I saw at the walk-in clinic didn’t mention it, or really give me hardly any information about after-care. After they got the x-ray results, he was sort of blasé, like “there’s really nothing we can do for a broken toe.”
But everything I’ve read about lower extremities, and everything I’ve talked about with my physical therapist, says how important circulation is for healing. Why wouldn’t you want people to take a proactive approach if there’s something that can make a difference over the course of their injury recovery?
My physical therapist also says I’m one of the most proactive patients she’s ever had, so maybe it’s me that’s out of sync??
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Thank you so much for the link, no broken bones just significant and deep swollen bruising, the nail may come off. Treatment looks excellent and easy, and finally a proper use for our twin butler sink.
Nothing as serious as your mishap. Times and sleep are the great healers.Carpets proved a relatively easy two man shoulder lift avoiding fingers, even weighing 67kg. Couldn't believe I was so careless the day before needing full health.
Ventosa viri restabit
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Omg, I am so sorry to hear this. Nothing more frustrating than our body not working the way it should, and not being able to do the things we are used to doing! So hard when having to rest one thing makes other things act up. I feel your pain. Hope you can get back to some sort of normal soon!
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Yeah, I work out more than most people - at any age - and yet...I know I have to be much more careful. A good friend who works out 2-3 hours a day - missed a step and broke both legs when he stumbled down a single step.
@kluurs said in Just my luck…(health update):
Yeah, I work out more than most people - at any age - and yet...I know I have to be much more careful. A good friend who works out 2-3 hours a day - missed a step and broke both legs when he stumbled down a single step.
I work out a fair bit, and hike a lot when I have the chance. Over the summer I was strolling down from Mary's Rock in the Shenandoah when I slightly hyperextended my right knee. Bam, pain. I hobbled down the rest of the way and was very sore and careful but it went away over the course of a week ... until, bam, a slight rotation and I felt it go again.
After about five episodes I sought some help from a sports med doc. It's the same knee that has a broken or minimally functioning ACL ... an injury from almost 20 years ago. She felt around, pushed, prodded, extended, shifted, ... no real pain. But with images she said I probably had a meniscus tear. So, I leave her office and later in the day, bam, it goes again! Karma.I do not have a big problem, but just the idea that at any moment the damn thing can go again is a real problem. What do I do if I'm four miles into an eight mile hike in the wilderness? Well, I'll try some PT to strengthen the area, and she put me in a Donjoy soft brace to help out. Getting old is not for the faint of heart.
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OUCH!!!
When I was 17 a horse stepped on the toes of one foot. Two toes were broken, a third was injured.
The track coach said, "Tighten your shoe laces and get out there."
I think my feet now fit what my mother used to say, "I think your feet are round on the bottom." -
Thank you so much for the link, no broken bones just significant and deep swollen bruising, the nail may come off. Treatment looks excellent and easy, and finally a proper use for our twin butler sink.
Nothing as serious as your mishap. Times and sleep are the great healers.Carpets proved a relatively easy two man shoulder lift avoiding fingers, even weighing 67kg. Couldn't believe I was so careless the day before needing full health.
@AndyD said in Just my luck…(health update):
Thank you so much for the link, no broken bones just significant and deep swollen bruising, the nail may come off. Treatment looks excellent and easy, and finally a proper use for our twin butler sink.
good luck!!
Also, that carpet looks heavy!!
Re contrast bathing, this morning (after I posted), I took a hot shower, and closed the drain so that the water stayed in the tub and got up to my ankles. So my foot got nice and warm.
Then while I was finishing my morning routine (brushing teeth, fixing hair and make up), I got a tub and filled it with cold water and slowly added ice cubes. Instead of standing at the sink/mirror, I brought a chair into the bathroom and sat for that time, so a little more than 10 minutes.
Not exactly the contrast bathing pattern of back and forth, but it did seem to help, in terms of pain reduction! Tonight I'll try the more "official" back and forth contrast bathing.
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@ShiroKuro
I tried it and it works
relieves the swollen feeling, though the discomfort comes back.
Shall be doing it again this evening.They do say ending a hot shower with a very brief cold rinse is good for you but I'm not a fan.
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Wow, contrast bathing for the win! I've been doing this twice a day for almost a week now. It definitely helps with pain reduction, but also I think it's really helping the bruising clear out.
I had an appt with my physical therapist today (for my other foot) so I keep that, but she looked at my bad foot (and I showed a photo from a week ago) and she was very impressed with the bruise fading.
She also agreed that it's a real shame that the doctor I saw didn't suggest it.
She explain that hands and feet don't really have muscles the way other parts of the body do. It's the muscles that help blood flow, so hands and feet need some extra help to improve circulation, which is what the contrast bathing does. She said she thinks it's much more impactful than icing alone.
I have a follow up with a physician next week for my broken toe, so hopefully they will take another x-ray. I'm keen to be cleared to do more exercise, like the exercise bike.
