Well its been 10 week post surgery and I feel pretty good. My range of motion is come a long way. I am going to PT three days a week for about two hours each session. I am doing the stationary bike as well as upper body lifting three days a week as well. My [...]
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I am week 6 post op and in my boot. Walking on crutches is fairly easy now I can put my foot down while balanced with the crutches. However, I am still experiencing a little swelling and my foot is turning purple if it is down for a period of time. It doesn’t [...]
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Just came back from the Orthopod today. Got my first Birthday gift…stitches out, splint off and now in a boot. I still am not supposed to put weight on it for the next 4 weeks but can use crutches and put my foot down while walking. They said no PT in 4 weeks [...]
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I am day twelve post op today. So far it has been not as painful as I thought. I am so glad I had a nerve block at surgery on then a pain pump post surgery. I think that did wonders in terms of pain management. I only took two painkillers [...]
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This is actually a comment/ question to Vegas Joey. How long after surgery did you go to the boot? I am 10 days post op and going to ortho for suture removal and boot on day 12 post op. I don’t want to deal with any crutches anymore. I have put some weight on my casted leg but very little. Where are you in the process now?
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Wow sounds like you are getting on great, well done 
I must admit that running at 11 weeks sounds quick, part of me is jealous but another part is screaming take care….. everyone seems to talk about the period up to the 12 week mark being the ultra ‘don’t do Anyang daft’ zone. Although I am sure you would not be given the go ahead unless you are ready, I await with baited breath to see how it goes!! Good luck & TAKE CARE
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Stick at it, you are doing well - you are a few days ahead of me post op, I don’t have a heel lift so can’t comment on that, I am simply in the boot! My heel initially felt tender/unstable when putting pressure on it but I have found that mind over matter is the cure to this (***within reason, always listen to your body) I persevered with the initial pain and have to admit I have never used my crutches since going in the boot, I am very stubborn and have a high pain threshold….. this may help. In the early days the pain would go away after about 10 steps and now I don’t even think about it. It goes without saying that as the day goes on and the more I do, my whole ankle
[...]Wow! Congrats! Very jealous. Hopefully I’ll be there in 11 weeks.
Congrats on your great progress. I’ll be 8 weeks this thursday, then be no heal lifts and should start pt next week. I. Can get around pretty good on crutches but my heel still feels unstable. Wondering if you had the same issue. Wondering if it is the heel lift.
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Just got into my boot and noticed the swelling (turning purple) also. Seems to go away with elevation. It seems elevating your foot seems to be the cure to a lost of things. Also you can ice your foot.
Completely my own opinion, but I do think the swelling can be reduced with massaging and creating bloodflow. I’ve just been doing myself before and after my home ROM exercises. But massaging calf, foot, toes, etc. My swelling luckily (so far…knock on wood) has been pretty minimal.
You seem to be about 1-2 weeks ahead of me. There’s also many natural anti-inflammatories and vitamins/supplements written about here that seem to help, as well.
I’ve read many blogs that talk about the purple feet, so don’t sweat it… errr well sweat while you are on the bike!
Madeit,
It did happen at PSA on Easter Sunday so I don’t know if you were on the other team. Our team is named “the worst team in the league” lol
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thanks davidk. I have already updated on the NYC Marathon.
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Thanks for the tip dmbfan!
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Just curious…did your injury occur at PSA playing basketball several sundays back? If so, I was on the other team and went down about three weeks later.
Congrats!!! I am a few weeks ahead of you but glad to hear you are out of the cast and into the boot.
One tip I will give you…..your back will start to hurt due to the size of the boot and how it alters your gait. I went and got a device called an “evenup”. A tip I got from a lot of all the other bloggers here. Its a device that looks like a sole of a shoe that straps onto your good foot. Main purpose is to even out the leg length discrepancy. They are fairly cheap as well. I ordered mine on Amazon for approx. $24.
Happy birthday, and congratulations on your new boot! Boots are much better than casts IMO, so this is a positive step. Just be careful when it’s not on as you are very vulnerable at this stage. BTW, I recommend you add the ATR Timeline and NYC Marathon Map widgets to your blog site; the first gives readers some context of your recovery state and the second is a useful reminder of how far you’ve come and how far you’ve yet to go. Happy healing! -David
Hey climb, I tried to catch you on another blog you posted on a while back. But you’re the FCD fan? I had season tix for 4 years. I’m also in DFW and would be curious to see which Dr you’re seeing, which PT, etc. As I had to shop around the area quite a bit. Examining price but also typical protocols, PT association and so on.
Also, it seems as though both of our post-op protocol’s are already quite different and I’m at 3 weeks post-surgery as of today.
So far, you’re on a nice modern protocol like bit.ly/UWOProtocol. If you stay on it, you’ll be PWB on Thursday (2 wks) and FWB as tolerated 2 wks later at 4 wks. At 7 weeks you should be walking very fast and comfortably. That’s about when I retired my AirCast in favor of the 8-yr-old hinged (”ROM”) boot I’d saved from my first ATR. The hinged boot speeded up my walk, and probably smoothed my transition to 2 shoes. Probably not a big deal, more a convenience IMO.
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