Jun 18 2008
1st (finally) PT appt.
Went to see the Physician’s Assitant yesterday… All is well, I’m healing nicely, blah, blah, blah. But when I told her I hadn’t been to PT yet because I had no prescription, she was visibly shocked. Duh. I asked for it twice and was twice told “eh, I see no need for that yet” by my doc. Quick script was written. 3x a week. They sent me downstairs to their fancy-shmancy PT office on the first floor and they were willing to get me in late next week at 11am, which is not a convenient time… as anyone that works 9-5 knows. Called another PT that my massage therapist works with and they got me in at 6:30am the very next day. Yay!!!
Had that appointment this morning. The PT was also shocked that I hadnt’ had therapy yet–at almost 10 weeks! He was pleased, however, with my ROM, ease of movement, and strength progress. Thanks to all the posts here that helped me learn about some ROM and strength exercises and the approximate time to introduce those into my life. My PT wanted the blog website so that he could have a looksie. Anyway, he stretched my plenty (kind of hurt—but in that good way. Felt right). Tells me I can do wall stretches and with the towel to my little heart’s content. Thinks that I’m ready for strength training immediately, so we’ll start that Friday morning. My PT had a partial tear on both his ATs 4 and 6 years ago. Yikes! But he knows all the tricks, so that’s good.
All in all, just very relieved to have some guidance. Felt like cheating to be doing some of those things on my own, but nice to hear from my PT that those were all good things. He says when I can walk on my toes and jog limpless, that’s when I’ve arrived. So, I have some goals to reach. YAY!
5 responses so far
erie~
I had my 2nd PT appt. today. I feel like a million bucks! She had me standing on my injured foot. It felt SO good. The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter for us-can you see it? haha.
Its kind of scary, like learning to walk again, but its so nice to be (almost) normal. Congrats on the next step, no pun intended. =)
damacar
WooHoo! I love the fact that most of us have to find some workaround with our medical care providers.
Good luck with the PT and keep us in the loop.
Mike
My doc also says to wait on PT — won’t start til AT LEAST 11 weeks. However, I am doing my own ROM exercises that I learned from my blog buddies.
Did you bike with your boot on or off?
So happy for you that you found a PT that fits in your work schedule. Sounds like you were dong great on your own, and will even do better with some additional tricks from the PT. Have fun and I hope they won’t torture you too bad…but, torture in a good way…good pain!
Nice work erie!
I’m jealous, no PT in sight…next appt is 6/27 so we’ll see.