I worked with Kristen on Wednesday. She bent my leg and sat on the table. She worked my calf a little bit, she kneaded it with her hands and then she got out this tool that she pushed and pulled it on my calf slowly back and forth. As she did this, we talked about the last two episodes of This Is Us. I didn’t know that my calf was so tight until it loosened up as Kristen pushed and pulled the tool back and forth. I was laying flat on the table so I couldn’t really see it but it looked like the pastry cutter my Mom uses when she is making pie crust:
It didn’t really look like this, it was an Edge Tool and it really looked like this:
Kristen’s tool had a blue rubber covering where she holds it. She continued pushing and pulling this tool over my calf as we talked about how much we don’t like Miguel (watch the show, and you won’t like him either). My mom came back in and asked Kristen about the tool as she was finishing up. She told my Mom all about it (that’s how I know about it). She explained that loosening up my calf reduces the pressure that’s on my knee and it pulls.
After the ice and stim. Kristen came over with black tape this time. She flattened my leg and my Mom asked about the “Poofy” part of my knee. Kristen agrees that the welling in my knee has gone down but says that in time the, “Poofy” part will go down. I will be glad when that happens because that is where it STILL hurts!