I'll hopefully start to update this with pics/routes/runs, as I return to the trails and get outside more! First race is Yakima Skyline Rim 25K with the old man in April!
July – October 2015 (nuun blog post on subject)
- Issue: bottom of left foot hurts near the metatarsal heads.
- Diagnosis: Nerve issue in left foot.
- Treatment: 2 months rest to no avail. 1 month of work with InHealth Seattle beginning in September. Semi-painful massage on left leg, along with graston work on specific area.
- Results: Fixed issue
- Current Status: Ongoing massage on my part – lacrosse ball, and various activities to fully balance out muscles in leg. Many yoga moves help in this whole body strengthening.
November 15 to December 15
- Issue: Unbalanced, dizziness when I run. Lasts for 4-8 hours post run.
- Diagnosis: Vertigo, or heart issue
- Treatment: EKG, Echocardiogram, and blood tests.
- Results: Everything negative, and ruled out that stuff.
- Current Status: Go back to Dr, test for benign positional vertigo.
December 15 – January 15, 2016
- Issue: Unbalanced, dizziness when I run. Lasts for 4-8 hours post run. No change.
- Diagnosis: Menieres Disease or acoustic neuroma.
- Treatment: Put me on a diareutic pill to help body not hold on to so much water, which helps patients with Menieres Disease. Pill didn’t help. Then took hearing tests, and met with an ENT Dr. Diagnosed acoustic neuroma based on moderate hearing loss in left ear.
- Results: Pill didn’t help. Took hearing exam. Met with ENT Dr. who diagnosed acoustic neuroma based on moderate hearing loss in left ear.
- Current Status: Go to get eye test, where they induce vertigo by blowing hot air in your ear (literally), then MRI to rule out brain issue or acoustic neuroma.
January 15 – February 1
- Issue: Unbalanced, dizziness when I run. Lasts for 4-8 hours post run.
- Diagnosis: acoustic neuroma or brain tumor
- Treatment: Get eye exam, then get MRI.
- Results: Eye exam showed rapid eye movements that they thought indicated issue in brain. MRI taken, came back normal, no issues at all!
- Current Status: Told me to see a vestibular rehab PT. I decided against, and instead jog 2-3 miles 5-7 days a week and hope body started to correct/re-balance itself. After a couple weeks of this, it's starting to pay dividends and I'm noticing a change.
