There Are Things That Should Be Ignored

AND THERE ARE THOSE THAT WE MUST NOT.

Seriously now, how many of us pay attention to our feet? I mean, real attention not just casual scrubbing when we take a bath or looking at them to make sure we have matching socks (even that is not looking at the feet but the socks, LOL).

My previous post told you that I was unable to go to work because I had sore foot, more like burning sensations on both heels but more pronounced on my right foot. I couldn't wait for my orthopaedic MD, so I went to my podiatrist who looked at my sore foot.

As punishment for ignoring my feet all these years, she told me I must learn to write, and WRITE I SHOULD, the english alphabet in the air using my foot three times every four hours with one minute rest in between. And then, she showed me the structure of my foot and pointed exactly where, how, and why that part hurts.

To my consolation, she told me that this condition is not just an athlete's domain. She mumbled some name whom she said resides on my both my feet. I asked, "Who?" She chuckled and showed me a picture of the stranger, a.k.a. Achilles tendon, in my feet.

(Click HERE for an animation of an Achilles' tendon rupture.)

Sa lahat nang parte ng katawan ng tao, ang ating mga paa ang pinakagamit-gamit natin sa araw-araw subali't ito din ang kawawang parte na bihirang-bihirang makatanggap nang ating pansin. Maliban na lamang kung sumakit ang mga ito tulad ng nangyari sa akin kamakailan.

Hindi ko na nga mahintay pa ang aking ortho surgeon kaya minarapat kong magpunta sa isang espesyalista sa mga paa, siya ang tinatawag na podiatrist, tulad din siya ng chiropodist sa isang banda.

Ang kainaman sa aking podiatrist, na di tulad ng ka-tropa nya sa propesyong ito, ay bihirang bihira niyang ituro ang lugar papuntang synthetic drugs. Ang kanyang panlunas ay matatawag na sina-una pang tradisyon, although bata pa siya nasa 30 plus yatang taong gulang. Madalas na panlunas na ipapagawa nya sa pasyente ay mga stretches, exercises, na tulad nga ng pinagsulat niya ako ng english alphabet sa ere ng mga ilang beses bawat 4 na oras na may pahinga in between.

Kaya ayun, medyo nakakalakad na ako ng maayos PERO kailangan ko pa ding ipagpatuloy ang pagsusulat sa ere kahit daw pakiramdam ko ay syento porsyentong nanumbalik ang aking maayos na pakiramdam sa paa.