My leg went “nope” after Botox and now I own a hospital bed

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A routine Botox visit turned into a medical detour when my knee locked and the first diagnosis didn’t fit. What looked like a psoas issue revealed itself as a full-on contracture, and that single word changed everything—treatment, expectations, and the pace of healing. I walk through the exact timeline, what we think happened during the injection, and how a rare nerve hit can spiral into days of pain and weeks of rehab, even when the clinician is skilled and careful.

From there, we get practical. I break down how Botox actually helps spasticity in cerebral palsy, why tone management and physical therapy need to work together, and what a realistic plan for reversing a contracture looks like in the real world. Think gentle, sustained stretches, precise injection strategy, smart positioning, and progress measured in small, steady gains. I share what’s working—meds, heat, patient handling—and what isn’t, including the rehab missteps I’m not ready to detail publicly yet, but that taught me to ask better questions and push for the right label before the wrong protocol sets me back.

Life does not hit pause while bodies heal. I talk about making room for school starting October 23, the never-ending medical paperwork, and a bit of fun I’ve planned next month to remind myself that joy belongs in recovery too. If you’ve lived through misdiagnosis, spasticity, or rehab fatigue, you’ll find both the specifics and the mindset shifts here: get the name right, match the plan to the name, and give it time to work. Listen, then share your own recovery wins, hard lessons, or questions—we learn faster together.

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Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_01 (00:23):
I don't know.
I don't know what happened.

SPEAKER_02 (00:29):
I don't know what happened to you guys.
Technology.
But here we are.
Technology, Linda.
And Danielle's shaking on like Idon't know.
Oof.
Technology.
But here we are.
Welcome to Winning Not, youguys.
Yes, it's been a crazy day.

(00:49):
I've been on too many podcaststoday to count.
And one more to go at 6 p.m.
And yeah.
One more to go at 6 p.m.
But anyway, yeah, when I comeout, I'll share my social media.
Anyway, but that's not the pointof today's podcast.

(01:14):
The point of today's podcast isI am going to explain in detail
what's going on and whathappened with my leg.
So I'm going to get medical, butyou guys will understand why I

(01:35):
get medical when I get medical.
I get Botox every three to sixmonths.
Every three to six months, I getBotox.
Now, the day before thisincident happened on July 17th,

(01:57):
I um got Botox.
Well, unfortunately, we think mydoctor, who's really good at
Botox, hit a nerve that shewasn't supposed to hit.
And so on July 17th, my kneewould not go down.

(02:22):
All of a sudden, it traps onitself.
And I, of course, had to go tothe hospital to tell them my hip
is out, my hip is out, my hip isout.
They didn't see anything as faras my hip.

(02:48):
And so they placed it as a psoasimpingment.
I remember telling you guys allthis, they placed it as a psoas
impingment.
So far, um, it's now slowlyopening up and coming down, but

(03:11):
it's taking five and a day.
What we've now done is called acontracture, not a psoas
impingement.
I don't even think I have apsoas impencement.
I know I have a contracture.
And so basically, what it is nowis I'm working with one good leg

(03:37):
and one gimpy leg.
I want to call it gimpy, andthat's what I'll call it.
One good leg and one gimpy leg.
So basically, what we believehappened, and now I'm not
accusing doctors of doing thisbecause doctors are humans.

(04:01):
And so what we believe happenedis my Botox doctor hit an earth.
Now, believe it or not, I'mgoing back to Botox on Thursday,
this Thursday coming up, andwe're gonna see because they say
Botox and physical therapy willhelp this contracture and will

(04:27):
help open the leg up, which bothfor those of you that don't know
what Botox is, Botox actuallyfixes the muscles to relax the
muscles to make the area you'retrying to help loosen up.

(04:48):
So that's what Botox is.
I know people use it forcosmetic reasons, but they use
it a lot for cerebral palsy andthey use it a lot for migraines.
They use Botox medically fordifferent stuff.
So they um use Botox forcerebral palsy to release the

(05:13):
muscles to get them to relax.
Because with spastic ataxia,cerebral palsy, which is what I
have, my muscles get so dangtight, it's not even funny.
And it's like really, it's likedealing with a rubber band when

(05:34):
you think about it.
So Botox helps.
If you ever seen a rubber band,imagine that in the body,
imagine that in a leg.
So Botox would help, and I'm ona bunch of medications for this
um contraction, and it's reallyannoying.

(05:58):
It's really annoying.
I want my life back, and I havea hospital bed because of this
contracture.
So I am working with physicaltherapy about to go to
outpatient physical therapy.
That's gonna be a heck of a lotof fun.

(06:18):
Not I am being sarcastic when Isay that because that's gonna be
a heck of a lot of fun, not andum rehab, rehabbing this was an
absolute mess.
Rehab was an absolute mess.
Won't talk about that until I'mready to talk about that.

(06:41):
But that's essentially what'sgoing on with my leg, and we
just hope and play it opens upsoon.
It is, but it needs to open up alot more, and so that's what's
going on with my leg.
Now we now we've called it acontracture, and that's what it

(07:06):
is, and that's how it's stated,and we don't know about the SOAS
impingement, whether that'shealed or not.
We're just working with the legas a contractor.
So that's what's truly up withmy leg, and I'll keep you guys
updated.
I'll also keep you guys updatedon school, and school starts for

(07:32):
me October 23rd.
I because I've talked to schooland I need one thing signed by
my doctor, lovely, always.
And then I have something reallyexciting happening next month,
I've decided.

(07:53):
Um, so yeah, I'll tell you whatit is, and you may see pictures
floating around on Facebook andfloating around on Instagram of
said thing.
But yeah, I'll tell you what itis and how I acquired it and how

(08:14):
much fun I'm having with it.
A little bit of time for fun,and so uh yeah, I will explain
what's happening in the nextmonths on next week's episode.
So I'm gonna let the cute BonnieDanielle lead us out, and I'm

(08:37):
gonna let Danielle lead us outand let you guys go.
Thank you for following us withthe cute Bonnie said with the
cutest nails too.
Her nails are really cute thatyou guys is you can see they

(09:00):
can't see, but I can.
Red and the yellow.
I don't know who inspired that,but they're really cute.

SPEAKER_00 (09:09):
So how cool.

SPEAKER_02 (09:34):
So she did it for the mad at the party, you guys.
How cool.
And Danielle, you might have toexplain in the next episode your
work.
And so you might have to explainyour work.
Yes, Danielle works, yes,Danielle does amazing things,

(09:55):
and yes, Danielle works, butwe're going to explain that in
the next episode, and we'realso, I'm also going to explain
what I'm doing next month in thenext episode.
So we'll get to you guys later.
Bye you guys.

SPEAKER_00 (10:13):
Bye.