Ankle Update

Well, the ankle is still not up to snuff, so I remain sidelined. My online friend Ginger had some great advice. She said, “you know what you'd tell your best friend -- ‘Take care of your ankle first, you don't want to reinjure it!’ Treat yourself like your best friend. Rest, ice, compression, elevation ... And, if you lay off exercising for a week to let it heal, so what? It's 7 days in a lifetime!” Wow, awesome advice from someone I’ve never even met in person. Another online friend, Mary, also suggested I rest the ankle and that maybe I could focus on upper body and core work for a while. So, thanks for the great words of wisdom. I’m going to heed it.

I can walk on the ankle fine--don’t even limp as I cruise the mall (and I’m doing way too much of that lately, but at least the mall is air conditioned, which is more than I can say for my house). However, any lateral movement or pivoting is painful, so I know I can’t do step aerobics. I also can’t put a lot of weight on it--no standing on one leg--which means no kickboxing either, since kicks would probably be painful. I’ve decided to rest for the weekend and then see how the ankle feels on Monday. In the mean time I’m working on a core and upper body only week-long rotation in case that’s what I need to stick to next week.

I probably need to work on my upper body, anyway, since my husband and I are attending a gala celebration in early October. If I’m going to wear some kind of formal gown I’ll probably be showing some shoulder/back/arm skin somewhere--might as well make sure it’s nicely toned. I can stick the rest into some Spanx underwear and the legs into hose or something (if the dress isn’t long) so an upper body emphasis is probably great for me.