I finally saw a physiotherapist at Colman Hospital in Norwich today.
She did lots of tests with me to get a baseline assessment of where I am with strength and mobility at the moment. I was encouraged by the fact I could manage all the tasks in the 'balance' assessment, and most of them pretty well too! I had to walk as far as I could in 6 minutes which was quite hard work (probably because I was trying to get a good score!) and caused the same pain in my foot as swimming breast stroke does. The physiotherapist is going to ask my consultant about this as she can't understand why I'm getting pain in this part of my foot.
She is giving me some basic exercises/stretches to do, to help maintain my joint mobility and muscle strength and we'll see how that goes. I can call/ask for appointments whenever I feel I need help as I am part of their care system now. I'm also hopefully going to see an OT to help with my general day to day needs too.
She did lots of tests with me to get a baseline assessment of where I am with strength and mobility at the moment. I was encouraged by the fact I could manage all the tasks in the 'balance' assessment, and most of them pretty well too! I had to walk as far as I could in 6 minutes which was quite hard work (probably because I was trying to get a good score!) and caused the same pain in my foot as swimming breast stroke does. The physiotherapist is going to ask my consultant about this as she can't understand why I'm getting pain in this part of my foot.
She is giving me some basic exercises/stretches to do, to help maintain my joint mobility and muscle strength and we'll see how that goes. I can call/ask for appointments whenever I feel I need help as I am part of their care system now. I'm also hopefully going to see an OT to help with my general day to day needs too.
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