Being hurt sucks!

Ugh! I'm hurt again!  Maybe its my theme for 2012 to be laid up or hobbling around on crutches all year??

I was playing football on Tuesday, and I've been dealing with Plantar Fasciatus all year...I've taken every suggestion I've been given, I stretch it, wear a stupid dorsi-flex sock at night, have insoles in my sport shoes, wear expensive sandals with arch support, all that stuff!  And actually it was feeling pretty good!

So in my game, I was overthrown a ball (I play QB) so I ran back to get it.  As I was picking it up, the rusher decided to slide into me cleating and totally ripping up my right shin.  Great.  And of course the refs don't think that a rusher sliding into the quarterback's shins with her cleats is roughing the QB for some unforeseen reason...whatever.

So I'm a little banged up, but still playing, all is good.  Well I guess I was over compensating on my left side for my newly chewed up right leg so one play when I beat the rusher, I go to sprint, take about 4 strides and POP!  Something pops in my heel.

Of course I'm more mad that the ref has called the tag like 10 yards back of where I actually got tagged that I don't realize that maybe I can't walk.  I take a step...ooh.  yep, can't walk.  So I hop/walk off the field.

Luckily its the end of the game, we won which was great but it wasn't our best win and I'm hurt so I drink my beer with a little less jubilant than usual.

Next day.  Can't walk. Not even a little bit.  So I'm laid up on the couch with my foot over my head keeping ice on it every once in a while and feeling sorry for myself.

Day 2.  Can walk but I look like I have a peg leg...but at least I'm getting around!  I go to see my friend Shan who is my physio and she fixes me up a bit.  Says I probably sprained the ligament that attaches to the bottom of my heel...but at least I don't need surgery or anything stupid like that! yay!  So now to physio for the next few days so I can play on Tuesday. hahahaha.

I may be getting older, but I'm as stubborn as ever.