Before seeing Christina I was wearing an 1/8″ lift in my right shoe, as a previous physical therapist told me my right left was shorter than my left leg, causing the constant, nagging, fatigue in my right glute muscles. Eventually, the lift no longer worked, and the right glute fatigue returned.
In addition, I was wearing custom orthotics from a podiatrist to help remedy previous plantar fasciitis. My feet would ache if I walked too long without wearing the orthotics (e.g. flip-flops or barefoot).
I initially came to see Christina to address the right glute fatigue, the bunion on my right foot, and to see what else you would find. Christina’s assessments forced me to really think about my body and how it’s feeling, where I was able to identify the lower back fatigue as well. I hadn’t really thought about the lower back fatigue as something that needed to be addressed. I just dismissed it as “this is the way my body feels at this age.”
I didn’t find any activities particularly challenging. I could still do everything, but my right glute and lower back would fatigue after walking/standing at length, and my bunion would hurt while walking.
After, with all the exercises I learned from Christina, I no longer wear the shoe lift. I still wear my custom orthotics, but do not need them all the time (e.g. I can wear flip-flops or go barefoot), and my feet no longer ache. The way you had me focus on how my foot landed and followed through has helped me strengthen my foot and ankle muscles. Also, by not shifting my weight to avoid my bunion, but following through as Christina taught me, as well as the hip/glute opening/strengthening exercises, my right glute fatigue is negligible. If I notice anything, I refocus to make sure I’m walking “correctly” and it goes away. Also, tucking my pelvis has also gotten rid of the lower back fatigue. I can stand at my standing desk all day now.
So, my aches and pains weren’t that bad before, maybe 10%?, but it’s great to know I don’t have to live that way. I CAN do something about it. Now, I’d say 0%-1%, and only 1% when I forget to focus on what I learned in four sessions.