Even though its been a while since I’ve posted, I feel like I have not made much progress over the past six weeks. My surgery was on February 19th and everything has gone smoothly. I started PT at week 8 and have been doing it ever since and pretty good about doing daily heel lifts, exercise bike, and some other home exercises. I occasionally hit the pool and also do the treadmill 2-3 times a week.
I’m getting frustrated to almost be at the six month mark and still be limping. The main problem is trying to toe off to support most of my body weight which I still cannot do completely. Its a slight limp but its still there and only gradually improving. I have full ROM and its mainly an issue of strength. I really don’t think I have healed long.
I still cannot do a single heel lift. I cannot even get my heel off the ground! I have been making some progress trying to walk on my toes and very slowly feel the strength coming back. I can do more on the leg press machine now than I could a few weeks ago and continue to do two up one downs four to five times a day.
I didn’t start wearing two shoes comfortably until week 12 so I probably developed significant atrophy. I’m a healthy 33 year old weekend athlete and thought by now I would be running and jumping and back to normal but I am definitely not there yet. I understand that it takes six months TO A YEAR for full recovery and so I just need to keep exercising at home and be patient but when this first happened I was thinking, “OK, only six months and I will be back to normal!” but in my case that is not true.
Its been helpful and encouraging to read everyone’s blogs and progress on this site and it definitely keeps me motivated. I try not to compare myself to others so I don’t get frustrated. Its funny because I thought going the operative route would help me get back on my toes faster (pun intended) but I don’t think that is true.
Please chime in if you have any words of wisdom or advice!
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