hjacobs’ AchillesBlog

After almost 4 weeks of not working out I was able to hit the pool today for 20 minutes of water jogging, I was hoping for 30 minutes, but I am rather dependent on my wife to get up and drive me at 7am to the pool.  But it was wonderful, I put the water jogging belt on and into the pool I went, going about maybe 200m in about 20 minutes of jogging.  Not much exercise but something is better than nothing.  I kept to the deep end, through I was able to weight-bear up if I kept the water above my waist with the belt on.

We got home late last night, after a full night of working back stage,  without the crutches and being able to put weight on my foot with the Air Cast, I was moving sets around and giving a bigger hand then the previous night, which made the Stage Manager happy as she was worried based on the way I looked after the Dress rehearsal.  The show is over 3 hours long and after I managed to get the boot off and get ready for bed my wife was asleep, with my Arthritis I can’t put the boot on myself, because of my back where I have fused vertebrae (I can’t bend enough to reach the straps) I slept without the air cast.  I slept like a baby, with no discomfort what so ever, I had the crutches by the bed, and did not put any weight on my foot or ankle when I got up.  (playing it safe and smart).

Once my work out was done and she dropped me off work, she was getting out of the car to give me the crutches, I opted to leave them in the car, since my job is not that demanding in terms of running around the office, I am happy to walk/shuffle as needed.  I think I will have a good recovery if I play it smart. I did some toe crunches under my home computer table while I was waiting for my wife to get up.  September 18, 2012, Maui marathon Here I come.

Harry

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