#but obviously that is not ideal. and making it worse ahsjfjshs

[cahootings]

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So the thought process behind every step I take nowadays: land with your heel, immediately push your knee forward so you don’t lock it (a bit tricky since dorsiflexion is still limited with righty, but better now than it’s been in months). Let your weight roll from your heel to the pad of your foot evenly (don’t overpronate), push off with your big toe, let your calf muscle help lift. Once you push off make sure to disengage your extensor tendon and let your foot fall fully slack as it’s in the air (this is the part I’m struggling with most right now). And repeat.

Very grateful to be walking at a pre-injury pace now, but I’m still having to actively think about how my right foot moves with every step. I keep locking it and plantarflexion/just relaxing it hurts like hell. It’s almost always tensed and I have to actively tell it not to be. Sometimes I have to pause and figure out how to make it relax, especially during exercises. This is why we dry needled the shit out of it today and now I am going to lay with ice all night 🥴 we’re GETTING THERE but JESUS