Glad to say no recurrance so far of the problem behind the knee. Driving my car now feels as though I have never been away from it. I am seeing my sports physio about every 2 weeks. The physio sessions focus on gauging progress, updating the workout sessions, deep soft tissue massage and manipulation/articulation of [...]
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Week 14
Continued driving as described in week 13. I have had no issues with ATR leg or use of the vehicle.
Did 5 hydrotherapy sessions of 30-40mins each in the learner pool. The sessions focussed on walking normally with some 2-legged heel raises also built in. As I progressed through the week I began pushing harder [...]
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Finally started to drive at beginning of week 13, despite there being no prospect of a single-leg calf raise anytime soon (my Consultants benchmark for driving). Had no issues with 20-30min journeys in my manual vehicle. However, I had a couple of longer journeys to do of 1.5 to 2.5 hrs, so have used an [...]
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Continued with largely the exercise regime outlined in week 10 with :
*walking to strengthen, concentrating on heel strike and toe push off
*2 legged heel lifts with fingertip support and progressively loading the ATR leg
*balancing on each leg to rebuild proprioception
*balance exercises with eyes closed - not very successful with this
*static bike with increment in tension
*ROM [...]
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I still haven’t driven (see Week 8 dilemma). I will monitor strengthening progress over the next 2 weeks and then decide. Rehab focus this week has been on :
* walking to strengthen and improve walking gait
* 2 legged heel lifts with fingertip support and progressively loading the ATR leg
* balancing on [...]
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