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You must pick your pain

tough runner's planks — Revisiting this photo from a couple days ago. Why? Planks can be difficult. Not having good core strength is difficult too. Pick one.

You must pick your pain.

Text conversation with a former Disney Institute colleague.

Recommended my Podiatrist to him.

He’s visited Dr. Curtis Wagner.

Making progress.

Mark asked me yesterday, “How long did it take for the pain to go away?”

“Two years, or more.”

Then i said, “Get the night boots and the custom orthotic inserts.”

He has trouble sleeping with the boots.

Who doesn’t?

Totally unnatural to wear boots to bed, night after night, year after year.

Hey, i get it.

Been there done that.

Is the hassle (pain) of night boots worse than the pain (hassle) of every step of your waking life?

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My two last resorts for a solution

Jewish wisdom — Yes. Not depending on a miracle, even though a miracle would be nice.

Progress: the muscle knots on my right calf are softening.

This has been accomplished using a hard tennis-like ball – the kind at the pet store that are not easily destroyed by dogs chewing them apart.

In two hours, Rick at Massage Envy and i will spend 90 minutes together.

Massage and acupuncture are the two last resorts for a solution to return to running.

Starting with massage first. This will be the second one.

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Will 2017 be the year of a definitive diagnosis?

2009 Masters Track & Field World Outdoor Championships — Competed in 2009. Training for 2019 Worlds.

Will 2017 be the year of a definitive diagnosis?

Chronic lower right calf and right ankle pain has never been diagnosed.

i’d like to change that.

i will change it.

So i start 2017 by pushing harder for the answer.

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Pain Recognition And Management

hiccup remedies — Last night a HS sophomore holding his breath and drinking water upside down. Hiccup cure.

Do you ever get unexplained and unexpected pain anywhere in your body?

What do you do about it?

Wait, right?

Wait and see if it goes away, stays the same, or gets worse.

Then depending on which of the three happens, we move on to the next step.

For the record, unusual and recurring (a month) pain in left pointer finger. From pull-ups at the gym? Random arthritis?

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Thank goodness for time to decompress

Runner pain point — For posterity, yesterday’s debilitating pain point location.

Yesterday’s slow three mile jog to the High School to pick up my bicycle (from the night before) resulted in a flare up of the right calf pain from three days ago.

Was so frustrated in the moment, i was going to rearrange the whole day to accommodate storming into my Podiatrists office and demand answers – potentially firing him.

There is no justifiable reason for such a sharp pain to continue after i have repeatedly (over the years) shared my concerns and we have repeatedly run tests to find the cause. The end result is always, “Keep doing what you’re doing, everything looks fine.”

Yesterday’s pain (and Wednesday’s pain) was so severe i stopped jogging to walk the last half mile to school. The walking was painful too, like a major “charlie horse“.

Sharp pain simply in walking.

Come on.

There has to be a reason.

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