I worked with Greg again on Monday but first, he had Larry do an ultrasound on my knee for about 20 minutes. Once Greg came over, I told him about tests my neurologist has me do at my annual appointments as he stretched my right leg out. He was familiar with these tests and put his index finger out in front of me.
It was probably a foot or a foot and a half in front of me and he told me to, “Go!” I concentrated a whole lot as I touched my nose and then his fingertip with my left hand index finger repeatedly. He kept telling me to go faster and faster and I did this about 10 times. On the 10th time, he told me that I was, “Killing it!”
We both laughed as he bent my right leg and had my knee kind of crossed over my body to the left. He leaned on the outside of my thigh. I immediately got alarmed because I felt the stretch on my hip and it hurt! I told him so and he told me it was OK because I just don’t use these muscles because I sit so much and so he was stretching them out for me. Then he added, “You’re Welcome!”
I laughed again as I tried breathing through the pain. He stopped leaning on my right leg and walked around the table and did the same stretch with my left.
My mom and Greg helped me back to my chair and my legs felt like Jell-O because both of my hips were really stretched out and kind of hurt. My mom had to put me into the passenger’s side of the car pretty much by herself because I couldn’t offer any help because I was unable to stand.
Both of my hips hurt and my right hip hurt a little bit more than my left. It wasn’t until we were at the light on Plymouth Oaks and Sheldon that I realized that I have had this pain before. This stretch was very similar to the, “Ooh Doggie!” stretch that Michael used to do on me in 2014.
The table I worked on with Michael at Barwis was about the size of a full-size bed and was lower to the ground. I didn’t equate the two because the table at ATI is similar to a gurney in a hospital.
Michael laid on me more and pushed the opposite shoulder down to the table. I used to grab his wrist because it hurt so much! Thinking about it, I welcomed this return of the, “Ooh Doggie!” Stretch and it made me miss Barwis so badly! As we were driving on the freeway, my hips burned and I remembered the first time I felt this 2013 with Jesse at Barwis.
It’s crazy that I seem to have reverted to my abilities from 2014 or even 2013 because this stretch hurt me so badly because my hips were so tight. I can’t wait to get back to Barwis but my knee is still popping out of it socket. The other day, I was awakened and shocked by the pain as I rolled over in bed in the middle of the night and heard and felt the very familiar click of it popping out and I had to roll back over to get it to pop back in. February 16th cannot come fast enough! Happy Birthday Mar-Bear and Adam! Hopefully, it will be a good day for me too and Dr. Moore will clear me to go back to Barwis. It will really stink if my knee popping out will become my new normal! Grrr!!!