Gaining independence
Here I am after spending a very hectic and tiring and super-fun week in Egypt (our summer holiday booked ages ago) - by the way, if there is one place you want to avoid while being a recent cripple or recently returned to able-body-dom, that place is surely got to be Egypt! I think being slow-walking (or let’s say balance-challenged) just screams out to the eager merchants of Egypt: “Come get this one, they can’t get away!”. But I survived and so did my tendon.
So, I am now back to the physio. This time, however, in spite of the one-on-one treatment, I have been placed in the loving care of my local ankle gym group. The gym is like a little shop of horros with small trampolines, gel cushions and wobble boards. However, they promise if I am good I will run again so I will do as I am told. After one hour in the gym, I walked home (first time in 2 months that I leave and return unattended! what freedom!), I crashed and slept for a whole hour. My body was thankful for a bit of adrenalin on the stationary bike and a bit of movement.
My physio also cleared me to walk as much as possible in order to build up my strength. No hills (or at least no up-hill slopes), but other than, all good.
Walk Forrest Walk!
September 12th, 2010 at 7:11 am
Andreea,
Glad you are doing better. Walking around in Egypt sounds like some special kind of adventure ! How much walking were you able to do before it got painful ? I’m able to walk much more now before the pain sets in then, say, 3 weeks ago. And the bike riding is getting better now but the injured calf is still not nearly as strong as the good one. Have you been cleared for bike riding yet ? Good to see you are progressing.
Pete
September 13th, 2010 at 3:26 am
Hi Pete, I think it was something like an hour or so and then I needed to sit down. Part of the problem was not the walking itself but the uneven gravelly “pavements” and having to do stairs all the time and the people hassling you to buy stuff, it was all very tiring. I can go on the stationary bike and do so to warm up before the ankle gym class. I am walking about an hour each day at least. I find I still need to rest after an hour as I have a pain in my heel. But if I can have a 15-20 min rest, I can go again quite happily.