^ that is a sissone. Ofcpurse mine was nowhere near as nice, the angle between my legs would have been 90 degrees max.
[quote]Yo Momma wrote:
I apologise if you already told us, but what was your injury and when was your surgery? There are many people on this forum who have rehabbed from injury, (some have had many surgeries for multiple injuries) that could be very helpful to you.[/quote]
Hi Yomamma, it is a chronic type injury.
It began 3 years ago in ballet with a chronically stiff lateral and medial left ankle which I attributed to jumping in ballet. Also the occasional left lateral thigh numbness related to external rotation of that leg. I sort of ignored these things because they weren’t major.
Then in June 2010 I did a Sissone- (a sytle of ballet jump where you kick the front leg forward and the back leg backwards whilst in external rotation) and I felt something pull in my right groin but it didn’t hurt. Shortly thereafter I became very unstable on demipointe (tip toes) and the bottom of my left foot became very sore. I thought it was plantar fasciitis and dutifully stopped exercising and went to a podiatrist and got orthotics. The right groin continues to be ever so slightly painful sometimes- comes and goes- much less these days because I think my back has accomodated the injury (camoflauged it) but that is just my silly idea.
The rest is a horrible year of trying to figure out what is wrong.
In January this year I went to a new physiotherapist who prescribed pelvic bridges and that is when my Upper back “went out” and it has not been the same since-it is sore every day and feels asymmetric.
In March I tried to start exercising again and my left lateral thigh became very bad. That also coincided with the time I began to wear my new orthotics religously every day. It also coincided with seeing a new physiotherpsit who prescribed unweighted 1/2 squats in which it felt to me in order to keep my weight even over both feet I needed to twsit my torso a bit and she thought that was good.
The left lateral thigh pain was horrible and in April I felt the same pain in my torso- burning, stinging, like acid.
In may I got EMG studies that showed L4 denervation on the left side but that was all that was tested. The leg muscle/nerve connections are fine- the denervation showed up at the paraspinal level.
Gradually this summer I got better by sleeping with a facecloth under my left butt cheek and sitting that way as well.
As of right now, I occasionaly get stinging right at the bottom of the left lateral thigh but my mid back is always sore - under the armpits too- sometimes make me feel even a bit sick. ofcourse i have been to doctors who seem to think this is normal aging. Forget referally to orthopods, the is BC Canada and I won’t get that.
Depending on the day, I am still pronating like crazy on the left foot. I hold my thighs in abduction whenever standing around but really, my whole leg wants to internally rotate if I let it.
I went to a new physiotherpist and I kid you not, she prescribed pelvic floor exercises. I want to cry. I think physios think this is the solution to all our problems- pelvic floor? It certainly makes their job very easy. Anyway, like I said I’ve had it, and I have no more money for these people, really.
I am very worried about my back. All I can think of is to get strong. At menopause the ligaments lose strength and I guess maybe that is what is happening to my back, so my muscles will have to take over.
What the lateral thigh pain was/is is still up for debate. It could have been illiotibial band syndrome and not radiculopathy- no one knows.
Last week I went to a clinic that examined our pelvises in a group setting and apparently mine in inflared on one side and outlfared on the other. Which would explain the pronation and the left lateral thigh pain and internal rotaion. They gave us muscle energy technique exercises to help correct it (basically isometric hold in a piroformis stretch) but I don’t think this is going to work- it may, but not overnight.
So long story but you can see that asymmetry is at the root of my problems! In June 2010 I was happy as a pig, dacning 5x per week. Nov 2011 everthing has changed and my only hope, really, is strength training.
thanx