Week 12
I have been in 2 shoes full time since July 3. I had the day off work so I decided to see how long I could go over the weekend and didn’t ever go back. The Vacocast has been banished to the basement, hopefully permanently.
At this point I am building strength and working on my gait. I feel like I am walking smooth and fast until I get next to someone downtown and they fly by me. Also, my wife tells me it isn’t as smooth as I think. I guess compared to how bad it has been for the last 3 months this feels great but there is still a ways to go.
At my last appointment with the Dr. he told me it was okay to bike outside! I went for a few rides around the neighborhood and then rode to work twice this week! I had been riding to work year round for about 2 years at the time of the injury so it’s great to be back to my normal routine and avoid downtown parking costs.
My PT said she wants me to try a single heel raise at my next appointment which has me a little scared. I’m pretty sure I can’t do it so it seems kind of pointless and like there is only a potential for injury. I’ve been debating just telling her I don’t feel up to it vs giving it a try.
Good luck to everyone!
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my PT asked me at 11 weeks to try a single calf raise, then nothing happened, what a joke! Then he simply said, ‘I thought so’. One of the exercises I’ve been doing since that incident over the past 3 weeks is to go up on both calves, cheating a bit on the good leg, then transfer a little weight to the injured side and try and go down slowly. What I noticed is that after a week or so I could go up with the weight centered, and just today I successfully tried leaning a bit to the weak side as I go up, then leaning a little more to the weak side and slowly down. This is a gradual process but seems to be working. Maybe at 16 weeks I’ll be able to do the single up and down, I suspect you will be too. Good luck!