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I do have some good news. I made an appointment with my surgeon because I had some real concerns about having surgery on my right foot while I still can’t fully walk on my left foot. The second surgery has been rescheduled for November 18th. This gives me two months to build the strength back up in my left foot post-op. I’m very happy about that.

More good news… My doctor is very pleased with the range of motion I have in my left foot. So is my physical therapist. Well, so am I of course! Now that my range of motion is at a very good point I can switch my focus to strengthening exercises. This is very important to overall recovery and true success.

On more bit of good news… For three weeks after surgery my doctor had me wear a walking boot (like a soft cast that could be removed for icing my foot) to keep my foot at a 90 degree angle to my leg. This keeps the plantar fascia stretched so that it does not reattach. You see, the purpose of the surgery was to partially release or cut the plantar fascia to relieve the pressure that causes the pain associated with plantar fasciitis.

Apparently not all doctors will tell patients this and keeping the foot in a stable position such as this is very important to the success of the surgery. At my appointment my doctor was pressing on different areas of my foot and GOOD NEWS! The plantar fascia did not reattach.