For a long time now I've had a recurring dream once every few months. I am either running or walking and every time I step with my left leg it is about a foot longer than my right leg. In the dream this causes me to walk with an exaggerated, strange limp. I lift up high on my left leg as though I were stepping up on a stilt, and nearly pause at the top. Then I crash down on my right leg and keep going. It's a bit like a square tire might make a car look. Lift, thump, lift, thump, lift, thump...
I finally decided to get myself checked out by an orthopedic specialist since I've had so many problems in my left leg (which I thought were caused by my hamstrings and/or IT band). Turns out my left leg might be about 1/4 inch longer than my right. Now it's on to more specialists.
The orthopedic sent me to the orthotics guy, he'll send me to a PT, and back to the orthopedic to reasess. We'll try orthotics and PT, and if that doesn't help it's on to MRI's and injections of isotopes to see what's going on in there.
As annoying as it is to play the bureaucratic insurance/referral game, I'm still relieved that I haven't heard anyone utter the words "you should stop running" and I feel like I may have finally begun my journey to recovery.
Anything has to be better to the 24 hour a day pain I have had in my leg for most of the last 6 months.
Thoughts on running, outdoor adventures, and life's strange twists
4 comments:
woo hoo!
The stilt dream is funny! Not that your pain is humorous. I'm actually commenting to ask for more recent Ethan pics. Please.
I've heard (I think from Seth?) that a lot of people have this malady of the limbs and never know it! (Probaby b/c most normal people don't dream of running super long distances...say 100 miles). Thank goodness for your dreams to point you in a new direction that could end in recovery! Maybe some yanking and pushing is all you need!
"You should stop running."
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