My most recent trip to physical therapy was somewhat less than stellar. I saw a new PT – this is the 5th person I’ve seen – and while he was quite pleasant, he wasn’t that effective. He did tell me to stop using the brace in the flexion mode since it appeared I have a physical limit there. Instead, I should spend time in extension mode since they think I can get a little more out of it.<\/p>\n
So, I’ve been going for 40-45 minutes in a session with the brace and discovered something. With that extra bit of time and cranking, I can take the “rack” to the limit. My arm, then, is as straight as it will go. It hurt quite a bit and it doesn’t last, but it’s something. I’ve been trying to do more with heat first and cold after and I guess\/hope that it’s helping. Sure don’t want 3 more months of this.<\/p>\n
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I’m on my feet all day at work (by choice, I have a standing desk) and I walk around a lot when I’m not at work. As a consequence, I’m rough on my shoes and I had to get a new pair for work.<\/p>\n
Now, I’m not a fan of shoes in general – I would much rather be barefoot or wear flip flops – and I freaking hate shopping for shoes.<\/p>\n
Mostly because I don’t understand the subtle nuance of shoes that can make two virtually identical pairs cost vastly different amounts. I saw a pair that would have worked at Walmart – though they didn’t have my size, of course – for $30. At another store, nearly identical shoes were $80. Right next to the $70 flip flops. If I spent $10 on flip-flips, I expect them to be pre-bedazzled.<\/p>\n
I ended up going to three different stores before I found a reasonable style, at reasonable price, in my size. \u00a0I am very thoroughly a size ten in shoes.<\/p>\n
Why was that so difficult? Is it because I don’t buy into the shoe mystique? What I really need is a no-hype shoe store. I don’t really care abut the presumed features or the pedigree of the designer, I just don’t want to get in trouble at work for not wearing shoes.<\/p>\n
I’m sure we have a rule about that.<\/p>\n
So, tomorrow, I’m wearing my new shoes for the first day since I got them and I’ll be breaking them in.<\/p>\n
And maybe planning a new career change in shoe sales.<\/p>\n
“Anthony’s No Hype shoes”, maybe?
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Since I’m a compulsive folder, I always have little squares of paper in my pocket. It’s pretty much – keys, wallet, phone, paper and pen… when I head out the door.<\/p>\n
When something happens or occurs to me while I’m out and about, I’ll jot down a note so I can write about it later. It’s usually just a word or two to help me remember what was going on or what I was thinking about. I’ll carry around the paper for a few days until I’m ready to blog, then I’ll use that as a reference. For example, the paper for today has:<\/p>\n
Limit (as in, I took the brace to the limit)
\nShoes (of my shoe shopping trip)
\nFinger (about getting flipped off while driving)
\nidle (about idle games on my phone)<\/p>\n
I’ve covered two today and I’ll write about finger and idle some other day.<\/p>\n
Also on that paper, though, is the word:<\/p>\n
Suitable.<\/p>\n
I have no idea what that’s about. Was it a pun? Was it ironic? It must have been significant at the time, but I don’t know what it’s about. I think I just created a mystery for myself and I suppose I could retrace my steps and figure out what it meant, but I suspect it’s not really that important.<\/p>\n
Not that this blog is going to usher in a new age of civilization or anything, but I’m guessing this was even less important.<\/p>\n
In any case, I’ve only got a few days to work it out before I start a new piece of paper – which will be right around the time I write about those other two items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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