This blog is about dance injury in general, and in particular, my own personal recovery and rehabilitation following a calf injury. There is a lot about hypermobility and Ehlers-Danlos Type III Hypermobility Syndrome and the multisystemic nature of my treatment, including documented physiotherapy treatment
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Pluses and Minuses
On the plus side my right hip is now less acute and I can walk better. On the minus side my body is so systemically fatigued I can hardly move. Typing this is hard work and requiring 85% more concentration than normal. I am in pain all over with certain trigger points, and my coordination is strange and very laboured. I had four days of a persistant muscle spasm in my belly which at times was violent and unrelenting. It is hard to know what to do next - I did some Bowen on me which might have stopped the belly-spasm. Testing dancers (voluntarily) has caused me to suffer so badly (overuse) I don't think I will manage it again on that scale. I cannot see anyone and I am feeling depressed and very isolated. Whatever virus I caught in August has triggered something very nasty and right at the moment I don't know or understand what is happening. My right arm is aching so much I cannot carry anything. I wish I could be my normal self again! I love my work and my life is fulfililng and happy and I want to get back to it. I guess right now it is a case of severe pacing and one day at a time. I am glad my hip has started to respond to physio at least - oh, and another plus is how much better my balances are in ballet and in pilates. Got to end here on a positive.
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