10.6.16 A Flower

I worked with Luba on Thursday.  I told her that my knee feels SO good when I’m at ATI but it hurts SO much constantly when I’m not at ATI.  I was injured on September 21st and it had been MORE than two weeks and it still KILLS!  I told Sean that I feel terrible about talking smack about NFL players being out with knee or ankle strains.  I didn’t have a 300 lb. man run into my foot but my knee hurts like CRAZY!  Luba thought about what I told her and told me that she would tape my knee to help with the pain.  It was called, “Kinesio Taping” and she would do it.

I told her that my physical therapist from 10 years ago used to tape me foot.  I was on crutches then and he said it was something new he was learning.  He taped my right foot to help me with the “drop foot” I was experiencing and to keep me on my crutches and walking.  (So, I guess my right side has ALWAYS been my, “Poop” side!)  It really helped and he did it each time I went to physical therapy after I broke my ankle.  Then my Dad died so I stopped going to therapy as my Dad was laid in state at the funeral home.  I remembered that my therapist, Gerry, and another therapist, Christen, showed up at the funeral home to tape me.  I was surprised to see them both there and Gerry told me that he was there because I needed to be taped.  Christen held my foot and Gerry taped me.  I hadn’t thought about this for a while but I recalled it with fondness as I told Luba about it.

After my rub and stretch, they have a “roller stick” too.  Luba rolled my right quad a bit to help with my knee pain.  Their “roller stick” is different and has a row of little metal balls that feels good when it’s rolled on my leg.  I told Luba that their “roller stick” is better (than Barwis’) and she smiled and jokingly told me that she would tell them.  After the ice and stim she taped the inside of my knee.  She overlapped different pieces of tape in a circle and told me that it was, “Just like a flower.”

My Mom helped me transfer from the table back into my chair and Luba asked how it felt.  I smiled and cupped my hands and put them together, palms together and I told her that it feels like my MCL is being cradled!  It felt SO good!  I was excited that my knee could feel better and we left.  For the first time since September 21st, my knee kind of felt better!