2-3 months shoes with heel lifts?

Posted on October 25th, 2010 in Uncategorized by Brad

So I am around 11 weeks and officially my last week was “two shoes, heel lifts in both shoes”

At todays appt the doc says he wants 10-12 weeks in two shoes with heel lifts.

Is this typical?

Also wondering what rehab/pt exercises people have done to slowly and safely get calf strength back?

If I concentrate, it would be hard to spot my current limp.

He is NOT a big fan of physical therapy appointments, with the concern over what they might do, as in over-do something.

This seems rather extreme (and dont see myself adhering all that closely) but just curious what others think

thanks

ps - as for my achilles, it feels better every day (it really does) and my limp is less apparent all the time

One more ortho visit

Posted on October 22nd, 2010 in Uncategorized by Brad

Monday will be 12 weeks and I have in two shoes since ~ 10 weeks, sometimes going back to the cast for long days and crowded events, like football tailgating :)
cant believe how good it feels. i have a limp unless i really focus on walking “correctly” and calf size is already coming back

biggest thing now is trust: trust that i can lift my heel off the ground.

100% sold on non-operative, so spread the work

62 days: progress and frustration

Posted on October 4th, 2010 in Uncategorized by Brad
  • 62 days post injury, non operative, NO pain of any kind since day 3 or 4
  • healing is going unbelievably well
  • FWB aircast at 4 week (two wedges)
  • Down to single wedge at 45 day

Plan:  Two more week in aircast NO wedge

One week in shoe with single wedge

Followup in three weeks (83 days total), PT AFTER that visit, although current activity without the boot is doing some amount of work on ankle / calf / tendon.

Dr knows I have not used the aircast 100 of the time but wants to stick with this plan, being conservative (by his own words).

In reality I will do a mixture of shoes around the house and short trips, aircast for longer days / more walking, and air travel.

I think my docs viewpoint is this:  the aircast is not hurting the recovery, but is providing much greater strength and protection, particularly against a miss-step or severe strain on the ankle/tendon complex.

So, frustrating in the short run..

Thanks for reading