Top ten reasons to look on the bright side of an ATR recovery period

Posted on July 16th, 2009 by dandyfb

10.You get a preview of old age, when you will need a cane to walk.
9. You never need to think about an ice-breaker in parties.
8. Helps you slow down in life and savor the moment.
7. You have a good excuse for not doing chores.
6. You get a break at work/home/wherever.
5. Suddenly, everybody wants to talk [...]

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  • 2ndtimer | July 24th, 2009 | 10:29 am

    As you had issues with your AT before rupture I would be very careful with it now.
    Listen well to your PT and do not over do it. Do not do things that hurt your AT. Take it slow.

    Yes now comes the hard part. You want to do all the things but you have to be extra careful.
    While you had your leg in cast, you could not injure it again. But now you can.

    I have learnt the hard way.

    I had no issues at all with my AT before rupture. I had the conservative treatment (cast for 7 weeks and FWB boot for 4 weeks) and did my PT twice a day at home, but I walked too much, had flare ups and rerutured it at week 18.

  • wubfree | July 16th, 2009 | 3:49 pm

    nice list

    I would have had these two things on my top 10:

    1. it’s easier/faster to get through airport security
    2. the handicap sticker comes in, well, handy.

  • Louise | July 15th, 2009 | 9:05 am

    Hey there,

    I suffered a complete rupture on May 29th and my consultant decided on conservative treatment, I was in a numerous casts and various degrees for 5 weeks. then on July 1 my doc said I could go into the aircast ans start weight baring. I used 2 crutches for a week then one crutch and now I’m not using any for short distances. You sound like you are doing really well, I’ve been told it will be 3 months of PT until I can strat non competitive sports. I can’t wait to start PT (7th august)

  • mikelosangeles | July 14th, 2009 | 5:03 pm

    Yoga seems like a great idea. I wonder how long you need to wait to so something like that post-injury. Seems like it could be hard on the AT.

    Good luck with your recovery.