On My Left Foot.

To reiterate, I woke up this morning and couldn’t put weight on my left foot without discomfort.

I’ve had some time to reflect upon this and ponder how the hell this happened. I’m convinced it wasn’t lifting. After deadlifts, I felt fine. Hours later, I was out and about with my dad. I only noticed something odd towards the evening. It’s a sensation that visits now and then, so I usually just shake it off.

There’s only one thing that pops out in my mind. I randomly did some PNF stretches for my calves. Maybe fifteen seconds, each leg. Didn’t feel anything odd in my foot while doing it. (Sure felt it in my calves, though!) I was doing them because I’m getting closer to being able to have my feet flat on the ground while doing Downward Dog.

Yet, I was walking just fine after that. So, since there was no specific traumatic event, I can only assume whatever happened isn’t permanent. It struck randomly, and will leave randomly. Or, well, isn’t terribly serious. If it was a tendon pull or strain or some cartilage rubbed away, I would have noticed pretty goddamn fast last night.

I went looking through my A&P stuff to pinpoint the location of the pain. I think it’s my navicular bone, around there. Forward of the heel, but behind the arch slightly, in the inside. I tested what causes discomfort. I can rotate inside with minimal discomfort. If I rotate outside, I feel pain in that area. Pressing down in the air doesn’t really hurt, and neither does raising the foot up.

When I got up this morning and tried to walk, my instinct was to roll my foot and walk like that. However, I know that’s one of the worst things you can do to yourself, so I’ve resigned myself to hobbling on my heel. I know, walking your heel isn’t all that great, either, but I’m just trying to minimalize the discomfort.

I hope this doesn’t last long. I got shit to do. And more importantly, I can’t do any legwork with a bum ankle! Bah. Damn you, Phase III!

This has gotten me thinking about all that Magificient Mobility™ shit. I can say from doing Yoga that my ankles definitely need more stability. I have no balance! Those muscles down there don’t need to be stretched so much as they need to be conditioned, to be honed.

If this lasts longer than a week, which will annoy the shit out of me, I’ll take two weeks to do some unlateral work to bring my left leg back up. I’ve broken a leg before, and I know how much the dominant leg will compensate. I’ve lost count of how many King Deadlifts I’ve inadvertantly done today.

Anyway, that’s the status of My Left Foot.