Posted on January 28th, 2014 by chuckv
Saw the Doc yesterday afternoon and he took a quick look at the ankle and said that the tendon was filling in nicely and that I had excellent range of motion. He gave a glance at the PT report and told me to crank the boot down to 20 degrees this week and 10 degrees [...]
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Posted on January 22nd, 2014 by chuckv
Four weeks before the Patriots lost the AFC conference title was an even more painful experience for me. I broke my Achilles(2nd one). I’ve been in a boot now pretty much the whole time in a 30 degree down angle 24/7 except for shower and PT excercises. I’ve had PT 3 times with a 4th tomorrow [...]
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Posted on January 15th, 2014 by chuckv
Had my evaluation appointment with PT today. I have used this group before while trying to straighten out issues quite probably related to my first ATR 4 1/2 years ago. I have the dubious honor of being their only two-timer EVER.
I brought my Ortho Doc’s PT orders and a copy of the MRI report so [...]
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Posted on January 8th, 2014 by chuckv
Well, it’s January 8, 17 days since my tear and one week before I start PT. I’m in my office (attached to my house thank God) and feeling quite good about everything. Since I decided on a non-operative approach, I feel very much “in control” of my outcome. I know that an operation would have [...]
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