Comments on: Cruisin’ at 8 weeks http://achillesblog.com/andymetz/2009/01/14/cruisin-at-8-weeks/ Just another Achillesblog.com weblog Sun, 19 May 2013 19:36:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: andymetz http://achillesblog.com/andymetz/2009/01/14/cruisin-at-8-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-19 andymetz Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:52:34 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/andymetz/?p=13#comment-19 Thank you, it has been going well. I usually bike for about 20 min, varying the resistance based on how hard I want to push my legs--the AT itself feels good and as you probably know you can shift your foot to a different part of the peddle to vary the stress on the AT. It's actually my legs that get tired! I know what you are saying on the ankle--that seems to be what hinders me right now too. The disc exercise I described should help with that? It sounds like you are doing great too, which is good to hear. I enjoy reading up on others that are in our timeframes and hearing good news as well! Good luck to us. Thank you, it has been going well. I usually bike for about 20 min, varying the resistance based on how hard I want to push my legs–the AT itself feels good and as you probably know you can shift your foot to a different part of the peddle to vary the stress on the AT. It’s actually my legs that get tired! I know what you are saying on the ankle–that seems to be what hinders me right now too. The disc exercise I described should help with that?

It sounds like you are doing great too, which is good to hear. I enjoy reading up on others that are in our timeframes and hearing good news as well! Good luck to us.

]]> By: nomada53 http://achillesblog.com/andymetz/2009/01/14/cruisin-at-8-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-18 nomada53 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:08 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/andymetz/?p=13#comment-18 Sounds like great progress. Congratulations. Wondering how long you bike for and at what kind of resistance level? I'm 7 weeks post-op and seem to be doing similar rehab (bike, leg press). Went to the pool for the first time today and did a lot of walking on the shallow end to try to get the kinks out of my limp. Also did some crawl kicking which felt very good. Hope it well help with ankle flexibility that sees to be reason why limp is hard to break at this stage. I've also been amazed at how many people have had this injury. When someone learns for the first time about ATR, they usually have their own ATR story to tell about someone they know. The positive side is that the stories almost always have a happy ending! Sounds like great progress. Congratulations. Wondering how long you bike for and at what kind of resistance level? I’m 7 weeks post-op and seem to be doing similar rehab (bike, leg press). Went to the pool for the first time today and did a lot of walking on the shallow end to try to get the kinks out of my limp. Also did some crawl kicking which felt very good. Hope it well help with ankle flexibility that sees to be reason why limp is hard to break at this stage.

I’ve also been amazed at how many people have had this injury. When someone learns for the first time about ATR, they usually have their own ATR story to tell about someone they know. The positive side is that the stories almost always have a happy ending!

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