Monday's class was going well. I felt good. I'd managed to learn and execute the petit allegro combination reasonably well. My pirouettes were working well enough that I'd attempted a double in centre. We were doing the same grand allegro combination as on Saturday, and I was really having fun with it.
Then, as I landed some simple step in the grand allegro, I felt a sudden pain in my right heel. I half-assed the rest of the combination, skipping the saut du chat at the end completely. I found I could stand with weight on my foot without significant pain, but flexing my ankle resulted in stabs of burning pain in the heel. I skipped the rest of class -- all 3 minutes of it -- and did what I could as aftercare.
Tuesday morning my heel was still tender to the touch. There was no visible bruising, but it felt slightly swollen. Flexing my ankle caused pain in the heel, even with no weight on it at all. This is not good. In less than two weeks I'm supposed to perform a supporting cast role as Grandfather in The Maryland Nutcracker. I'm only on stage for maybe 5 minutes during the party scene in the first act, but for those 5 minutes I'm literally center stage. The steps are simple, but I need to be mobile.
I've canceled my registration for the class I was planning to attend tomorrow, and will probably skip Friday's class as well. In fact, I may skip class entirely until after the performances.
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