I think we can all agree that injuries are never fun, but most of us have to deal with at least one at some point in our lives - especially exercise lovers like myself! I've fortunately only had a few injuries thus far, but unfortunately, they've tended to be chronic issues that don't go away easily. One of these injuries has been sesamoiditis, which I've been dealing with for several years now. Sesame-what? you may be thinking. Simply put, we all have two sesamoid bones in each of our feet, and they're tiny pea-shaped bones embedded in a tendon beneath the big toe joint. The sesamoids increase the leverage of the tendons that control the big toe, and a lot of pressure gets put on them every time the big toe is used to push the foot forward. When the tissues around the sesamoid ... [Read More]
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When You Shouldn’t Give It Your All {Weekend Recap}
Hello friends! I don't know about you guys, but a low-key weekend was much needed for me after my week last week. A couple of things with work and otherwise kind of bogged me down, and I totally needed a few days to mentally decompress a bit. Luckily, my hubby and I had only one thing on the agenda for the weekend: getting our carpets cleaned, because every time I did a pushup in recent months, I'd get a whiff of a certain someone who loves to snooze on my living room floor... While we waited for our carpets to dry, we killed time at the Del Mar dog beach. It was a beautiful day for a long walk there! There are certainly worse places to waste time. :) My weekend also included an at-home movie night, a long family walk along the coast Sunday morning, heading back to ... [Read More]
Injury Report! A Broken Foot Bone Bummer
Injuries. Just about all of us experience them at some point - especially those that lead a super active lifestyle. I've only had a few of them in my life, but they seem to come back to haunt me... Two weeks ago I found out that I have a new foot injury - well, a new old foot injury that is. It was a couple of years ago that I initially went to a doc to figure out why my foot kept feeling achy, and was diagnosed with sesamoidiitis. I explained it in this post awhile back, but basically it's the chronic inflammation of these small bones within tendons by my big toe called sesamoids. (source) Back then, I reluctantly wore a boot for a good 6 weeks to let it rest and went to physical therapy to strengthen my foot, ankle, achilles, and calf (which is also an issue), and initially it ... [Read More]