Going to See a Consultant

Sometimes I'm my own worst enemy. I leave things too long and I wait for school holidays to be over before sorting things out.

I finally saw a consultant at the local hospital in October. He looked at my foot, sent me for x-ray (very quick - in department), discussed what might have caused it and was surprised that I had not yet been referred for physio.

He admired my orthotic and felt it was the right thing, but my foot was pretty rigid in the middle with very little ability to move. He referred me to physio which started there and then (physio also in the department) and then arranged to see me again in about a month to six weeks.

The physio gave me exercises to carry out and arranged to see me again in two weeks. Two weeks later, the foot was getting easier to move. It was still pretty rigid out of the shoe, but gradually relaxed and had got some flexibility back. She now tried me on weight-bearing exercises. These were not so successful and I went back in two weeks to confess that I was struggling to do them satisfactorily.