PT Session #18: Lonely :(

My therapist was off today, so I worked with another therapist.  Going to PT has become such a normal part of my routine.  I spend so much time there that it has started to feel like a version of home for me.

Working with this other therapist made it a foreign experience.  There weren't many therapists or patients there today.  At one point, I looked up and realized that I was the youngest person in the whole building.  I don't know where the high school and college aged kids were today.  The therapist I worked with was obviously qualified and knew what he was doing but I have really come to realize over the last few weeks how important it is to have a "personal" relationship with your therapist.

What I mean is, my therapist has come to know my personality, my individual quirks, and my strengths and weaknesses physically and motivation wise.  He always seems to be more attentive exactly when I need him to be and hands off when I just need to work through a challenging exercise on my own.

This therapist told me my exercises, set up some stations for me, and then was pretty hands off the whole time.  I felt so alone.  Not all of the exercises require complete focus.  So then it was just me standing there stretching my calf, or balancing on my leg, or doing some leg presses.  Therapy is waaaay worse when all you have to think about is how boring and mundane all of the strengthening exercises are.

My left took to all of the exercises well.  My right hasn't bothered me as much since I have completely stripped all of the weight bearing activities out of my life.

Every PT appointment ends with icing.  My feet are so bad off that I have to do GameReady (Ice + Compression) on BOTH FEET.  We have been doing this ever since my right foot collapsed.