My CP is now effecting my right side

The importance of movement with CP. Pain, stiffness (more than your normal) and discomfort can be a sign of a lack of movement. 

With CP, our nervous system is affected - how is different in every single one of us. Our nervous system, which is our own computer, keeps us alive and gives us the ability to move. 

All our bones, joints, tendons & muscles are all connected & rely on signals received from our nervous system.  

So the less we move, the less our nervous system is working, the fewer signals are being sent to connecting parts (muscles, tendons etc) the less we use our muscles the tighter they become, (pull an elastic band & this is what a tight muscle looks like, a muscle should look like a non-pulled elastic band ) our joints become stiff as they don’t know what they need to do.  

So, imagine you have a laptop, it’s about 10 years old, you turn it on, but it takes an hour to fire up so you can use it. This is what your body is doing the less we use it, and why we get pain.  

Strength (resistance) training is the best type you can do, it strengthens the muscles up, especially around affected joints. It makes sure you stay strong & keeps sarcopenia at bay, it helps speed up your metabolism, helps you lose weight, it helps the body with the latter 2 even at rest. (You can use anything as weights from milk bottles filled with rice or water, wine bottles, tins of beans, shampoo bottles, shower gel, washing up liquid etc) this can be done seated or standing. 

I hope that is of some help. Let me know how it goes with the podiatrist.