The Nitty Gritty!

Well, we're on our way! Kenzie went back at 8:00 a.m and is scheduled to be under for 3 hours. For the last 6 months I have been studying to become a massage therapist. I have a much broader base of knowledge now than at any other time in the past about muscle anatomy and their origin and insertion points in the body. I'm not sure if that's better or worse. Sometimes when it comes to your child and surgery, ignorance is bliss. However, this surgery is going to be really cool!!! You see, one of the muscles that runs down the back of the calf (tibialis posterior) inserts itself in 8 different points on the bottom of the foot. The surgeon will take some of those muscle insertions off the bottom of the foot and put it on top of the foot to literally pull her foot out of the permanent point it's in now. How cool it that?! There will also be an insertion point of the tibialis anterior, the bulky muscle that runs down the front of the calf (the one that hurts with shin splint), that will be brought from under the foot to the top and lengthening of the Achilles tendon. Some real skill and finesse will be put into this surgery! Good thoughts go out to Dr. B!