Well it has only taken 10 weeks !
To actually format the appearance of my blog page and I stall the timelines !!!
Maybe I am over thinking this and I know I need to wait until I get a proper PT evaluation but I don’t think my foot is in neutral …..
For me to put my bad foot flat on the floor ( with heal raise and in a shoe ) it is a full step forward in front of my good foot . To me , neutral would be the ability for my bad leg to be completely perpendicular to the ground …..
This makes me think there will need to be some serious stretching done before I will be able to take any weight on my bad leg …..
normofthenorth Said:
on October 24, 2012 at 1:27 am
Many of us patients, and many successful ATR protocols, begin PWB and FWB in a boot with significant plantar-flexion (either heel wedges or a hinged boot adjusted “down”). UWO’s very successful protocol gets to FWB at ~4 weeks, but doesn’t remove the 2xm heel wedges to get to neutral until 6 weeks.
So yes, it takes time and stretching to get to neutral, and even more of both to get enough dorsiflexion to stride normally. BUT neither of those is needed to get to FWB and walking without crutches, not to mention being “able to take any weight on my bad leg”.