But the soles of my feet.
It’s already been 6 months since ‘plantar fasciitis’, the main enemy of basketball players, came to me.
Until six months ago, he was a point guard who led the fast attack like a wild horse on the court (at least in my mind).
Now I’m just playing with a basketball in the corner of my room.
Even though I thought everything was better and tried to tie my sneakers, I sat down dozens of times because I was afraid that the unique tingling pain would get worse.
Plantar fasciitis, this is much scarier than you think.
When I was 40 years old, I remember going to the hospital with my wife.
With a face full of worry, my wife told the doctor.
“My husband is almost 40 years old, but he still plays basketball too hard. Please stop him!”
The doctor’s indifferent words from that time still ring in my ears.
“Just leave it alone. If something breaks soon anyway, I can’t even pack a lunch box and chase after it to tell you not to do it.”
ah. Teacher, I never thought the prophecy would come true so quickly.
Especially since it was the sole of my foot.
Since I was stranded, I realized one more thing.
In the past, as I watched the ‘old man’ brothers who just stood still and shot at the local court, I thought, ‘Basketball is like running.’
But I knew for sure that I couldn’t run.
The brothers’ amazing shooting expert-level accuracy was not a result of their skills, but a result of their desperate evolution for survival.
I’m a point guard, but I can’t run, so now I’m forced to consider becoming a ‘shooter’.
But the problem is. My shot is not ready to accept ‘conversion’ yet.
Will the day come when I can freely do layups and cut-ins on the court again?
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