Ankle Pain - Kelly's Thoughts Unwound

Kelly’s Thoughts Unwound 

One summer several years ago, I suddenly had a bunch of women who showed up on my table with ankle problems, toe and feet problems, knee problems, and hip problems. These were not normally women who were prone to these kinds of challenges. I had also never seen the quantity of these kinds of injuries in such a short period of time.

I have a rule that if I see or say something twice, I need to pay more attention. I started paying attention. What I observed once we started listening to these women’s bodies, is that all of them, at some level, felt like it was not at all okay or safe to be female. This pain and confusion showed up in their lower limbs. Some of these women had tripped, some had lost their balance, and one had weights dropped on her foot while working out at the gym.

One woman expressed it beautifully by saying “I feel like I don’t know how to move forward anymore as a woman.”

Recently, I had someone else come in with increased ankle pain after an incident with a male colleague turned boss. As we worked with her body, and the recognition of feeling stuck and minimized arose, her ankle started feeling better. It definitely felt better once she partnered with her ankle and came to understand that it was expressing the buried pain and confusion of the incident with the intention of creating a healing with her.

The best thing I can offer, when we start to feel pain in any part of our bodies, is to say hi to that body part, offer it love and support, and ask if it has anything to share with you about what is going on.

Frequently, we are too close to the situation and need help getting to the true answers about what the pain is really about.

We always need patience, consistency, and openness to create relationships with say, our ankles, in order for them to communicate clearly with us.