Heat, ice, heat, ice, HEAT!!!!!!!

Foot problems I think are the worst for dancers to have. And I wouldn't really say mine is a problem, it's just a overworked, no rest, overzealous, not giving it a break issue. I've never had the greatest point in the world and it always frustrated, still does, me that I couldn't get my foot to point more. Then one of my teachers told me I was not doing it correctly. He told me to point with my achilles tendon and took me FOREVER to learn how to engage it. I'l bet while you're reading this if you point your foot and touch your achilles, it's soft or not engaged. Now try and point it and tighten your tendon at the same time. Yeah it takes a while. So anyway, I've been trying to do that for about a year and I finally got it, only now I've overworked it somehow. Now I just have to wait until it gets better and heat and ice it. That's what I did last night. I took one of mom's stock pots, filled it with hot water, then took one of her big plastic bowls and filled it with ice and cold water. Jose told me 10mins heat, 10mins ice, 10mins heat, 10mins ice and then end with heat. OMGOSH!!!!! That was the most painful thing I've ever done to my feet, or foot. It was a good thing Mom was in bed and couldn't hear me out by the fireplace, there was a little bit of muttering. But this morning it feels better, so I must have gotten some of the junk out of my ankle. Now just to rest it and let it heal. For those of you who know my personality, that's going to be a challenge.