Comments for ehattoy's AchillesBlog http://AchillesBlog.com/ehattoy Just another AchillesBlog.com weblog Thu, 23 May 2013 00:40:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on Ready to Recover! by Shelton Culbreath http://AchillesBlog.com/ehattoy/2010/10/14/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Shelton Culbreath Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:20:07 +0000 #comment-7 This is the perfect blog to find information on this matter. Thanks for posting this, it's information i can use. Be making time to read your other posts; you can ensure I'll visit to review your newer articles. This is the perfect blog to find information on this matter. Thanks for posting this, it’s information i can use. Be making time to read your other posts; you can ensure I’ll visit to review your newer articles.

]]> Comment on Ready to Recover! by normofthenorth http://AchillesBlog.com/ehattoy/2010/10/14/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-6 normofthenorth Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:18:29 +0000 #comment-6 I agree that the Donjoy liner is quite low density. By the time I got it after my first ATR (and surgery), I was about 12 weeks (and 3 casts) post-op, so I always wore a high ski sock, and the light-weight liner never bothered me. The second time, I didn't reach for Donjoy until 7 weeks post-non-op, and by then I was also wearing a kneesock, and the liner seemed fine. Maybe it's one of those "YMMV" things, that makes life so interesting! I agree that the Donjoy liner is quite low density. By the time I got it after my first ATR (and surgery), I was about 12 weeks (and 3 casts) post-op, so I always wore a high ski sock, and the light-weight liner never bothered me.

The second time, I didn’t reach for Donjoy until 7 weeks post-non-op, and by then I was also wearing a kneesock, and the liner seemed fine. Maybe it’s one of those “YMMV” things, that makes life so interesting!

]]> Comment on Ready to Recover! by GerryR http://AchillesBlog.com/ehattoy/2010/10/14/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-5 GerryR Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:39:06 +0000 #comment-5 I had a DonJoy fixed boot and even with my reasonably muscular calf(prior to the ATR of course) there was just way too much of that foam wrap, which really needs to be denser than it is. A denser foam would be a lot more comfortable. I had a DonJoy fixed boot and even with my reasonably muscular calf(prior to the ATR of course) there was just way too much of that foam wrap, which really needs to be denser than it is. A denser foam would be a lot more comfortable.

]]> Comment on Ready to Recover! by normofthenorth http://AchillesBlog.com/ehattoy/2010/10/14/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4 normofthenorth Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:39:07 +0000 #comment-4 Interesting thoughts about the DonJoy fixed boot, Gerry. I got a DonJoy HINGED boot toward the end of my first ATR rehab (early 2002), and it fit my relatively skinny calf just fine. Lots of boot-liner overlap, but that just made it cushier and comfier. The Velcro on the bottom strap(s), over the foot, got a bit tired, but they still held when I dragged that boot out of retirement to replace my new AirCast fixed boot this time. (I was thinking of sewing some new loop-side Velcro onto the top of the liner foot, but I never had to do it.) I went "hinged" at 7 weeks into a non-op protocol, as outlined on my blog. I think a hinged boot makes a great transition from total immobilization to total "normal" (Hah!!) in 2 shoes. I've never seen any evidence that I'm right, but it feels so right. . . You're protected from almost all threats to your still-vulnerable AT, and yet you have a chance to get your calf muscles working. . . it MUST be true!! ;-) Interesting thoughts about the DonJoy fixed boot, Gerry. I got a DonJoy HINGED boot toward the end of my first ATR rehab (early 2002), and it fit my relatively skinny calf just fine. Lots of boot-liner overlap, but that just made it cushier and comfier. The Velcro on the bottom strap(s), over the foot, got a bit tired, but they still held when I dragged that boot out of retirement to replace my new AirCast fixed boot this time. (I was thinking of sewing some new loop-side Velcro onto the top of the liner foot, but I never had to do it.)

I went “hinged” at 7 weeks into a non-op protocol, as outlined on my blog. I think a hinged boot makes a great transition from total immobilization to total “normal” (Hah!!) in 2 shoes. I’ve never seen any evidence that I’m right, but it feels so right. . . You’re protected from almost all threats to your still-vulnerable AT, and yet you have a chance to get your calf muscles working. . . it MUST be true!! ;-)

]]> Comment on Ready to Recover! by GerryR http://AchillesBlog.com/ehattoy/2010/10/14/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3 GerryR Fri, 15 Oct 2010 03:10:16 +0000 #comment-3 Oops, you already have your own blog. Good work, but try changing it so people who leave comments can edit them. It's under Settings/AJAX Edit Comments in your dashboard. Oops, you already have your own blog. Good work, but try changing it so people who leave comments can edit them. It’s under Settings/AJAX Edit Comments in your dashboard.

]]> Comment on Ready to Recover! by GerryR http://AchillesBlog.com/ehattoy/2010/10/14/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2 GerryR Fri, 15 Oct 2010 03:08:20 +0000 #comment-2 It sounds like you will get off the crutches in another week and since you're getting a walking boot then there isn't much reason to rent a knee scooter. But if you have a desk chair with wheels you can use that to move around on surfaces that allow the wheels to turn. I don't know where you are but don't let them put you in a DonJoy fixed boot. The things are made for someone with very fat legs and they're not very comfortable for walking. Tell them you want a VacoPed, there's a link on the main page here. But, whatever boot you get, make sure that on the opposite foot you wear a boot or shoe with a sole thick enough to "even you up" from side to side. I wore a heavy backpacking boot and it was close enough in thickness to the black boot that I never had any hip problems. Good luck with your healing and read and follow the instructions in the third paragraph on the main page to set up your own blog. It sounds like you will get off the crutches in another week and since you’re getting a walking boot then there isn’t much reason to rent a knee scooter. But if you have a desk chair with wheels you can use that to move around on surfaces that allow the wheels to turn. I don’t know where you are but don’t let them put you in a DonJoy fixed boot. The things are made for someone with very fat legs and they’re not very comfortable for walking. Tell them you want a VacoPed, there’s a link on the main page here. But, whatever boot you get, make sure that on the opposite foot you wear a boot or shoe with a sole thick enough to “even you up” from side to side. I wore a heavy backpacking boot and it was close enough in thickness to the black boot that I never had any hip problems.

Good luck with your healing and read and follow the instructions in the third paragraph on the main page to set up your own blog.

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