Not a whole lot to report…my doc gave me the official green light to start weening out of the boot and back into two shoes. I told him that I had been wearing two shoes around the house for the past few days, so I’m a little ahead of his recommended protocol, but I have been about 2 weeks ahead this whole recovery. Two shoes feels great, my heel spur rubs something fierce on the frame of the walking boot, so I can’t take it for too long.
Did I say how good two shoes feels? Only problem is my shoe that hasn’t seen any action for 10 weeks looks brand new compared to his partner in crime…or really grime! So going up stairs, I point my toe out to make sure my whole foot contacts the stair tread. I can head up normally though. Going down, I have to lead with my injured foot..then catch up with my good foot. It doesn’t feel ready to put the good foot first down a tread. On flat ground, I’m trying to walk as normally as possible….at least going through the heel toe motion. My AT is tight in the morning and I give it a stretch and after a few minutes of walking in shoes it loosens up pretty good. I actual have the sensation sometimes when I’m walking that it is too loose, cause I can’t feel the tightness. But when I flex my knee/calf forward a little with my foot flat on the floor, I feel it again and am reassured. I guess I’m just a little surprised by how good it feels!
Have I mentioned that two shoes feels GREAT!!! I got a script for more PT (have had 4 appts to date over the past 2 weeks). I will start strength training…I have the option of going 2x/week, but with a $30 copay/visit, I’m just going to stick to one/week. I’ll see my ortho again in 4 weeks, and he wants me to be in a shoe fulltime by then. I still get around faster and more confidently with the boot, so I’ll use it for huffing around work and mowing the lawn, but when I’m in the house, I’m in a shoe. He also mentioned that the boot should be used if the leg is fatigued at all, which I have experienced during these first few days of walking in the shoe. It’s a strange feeling having your knee buckle and some extra weight on the tendon.
It was 12 weeks ago that I ruptured this thing…it was snowy and winter, now it’s 90 degrees today and I’ve come so far. I can honestly say that this site has provided more information and support than I could have imagined. I sound like a broken record, but thanks Dennis for setting this up….and thanks to everyone else for sharing your experiences, you have helped me through this in more ways than I can mention.
Happy Heelin’
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