On the road again…
On Wednesday I spoke to my PT about driving and the need to press down on my clutch foot. He told me to practice for a few days just pumping the clutch 20-30 times and see how things feel. Today, I took my first drive since my injury. Everything went well but I did notice it was a little tough to hold the clutch down while stuck at the traffic lights.
As a side note, my PT did say that if this injury occurred on my right foot that I wouldn’t be able to drive for a couple more weeks yet as he would not trust my ability to do an emergency brake.
I’ve been six days in the two-shoes and things are going well. I have quite a bit of discomfort on the bottom on my heel, kind of like I’m stepping on a rock. I’ll ask my PT about it on Monday and in the meantime I’ve added another heel lift which seems to be making a bit of difference.
The only other pain is in the knee of my injured foot. I think that this might be due the modified style of walking that I did whilst in the boot. Alternatively, it could be due to the massage that my PT gave me when I mentioned a little bit of knee pain. Basically he held my knee cap inwards for quite some time and afterwards I was in more pain than before he massaged it. I’m thinking that my knee pain may be somewhat responsible for limp whilst walking.
That is all for me for now… not much else going on just reading (Wicked by Gregory Maguire) and waiting…
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A suggestion: when you’re stuck at a light, shift to neutral and let the clutch out rather than staying in gear and holding the clutch down…