Week 21 & 22 - Running will happen soon
31 10 2008Hey there!
I’ve been a bit tardy with my posts but when you are at this point in the recovery process there is not much going on so there is not too much to comment about. Plus, when you are more mobile, you don’t sit around the computer as much. This is why I am now going to post every 2 weeks (unless something huge happens).
Physio still happens twice a week for me and it is much of the same as before. My physiotherapist is still working on smushing the rest of the hump out. There is a general overall soreness in the whole achilles area. That may be due to the increased strength exercises and movement stresses I am putting on it. By the way, doing one legged raises in a swimming pool is so much easier. I discovered this last week and sure wish I started doing this a month ago.
I started walking on the treadmill this week and threw in a few 1 minute bursts of “running”. The fastest I’ve gone at those 1 minute bursts is 6:00/km pace. The strength is definitely not there. I did 2 5.3 km sessions. One for 50 min, and yesterday for 46 min. So not speedy at all but it is a start.
I vowed to start running by November so only one day to go. We will see what happens.
Happy healing to all. Thanks for reading.
Hoss
Hoss,
I just found your posts and read them all. I am on Week 9 and I am extremely anxious to run again. Currently I am swimming and riding a stationary bike to keep myself from losing my mind, but it will never be the same as running. I think I am doing well so far, the only day of work I missed was my day of surgery. I am an elementary gym teacher and I was able to teach effectively from a desk chair with wheels or from my crutches. When my cast came off, I could only flex my ankle back to negative 30 degrees (yikes). But with very aggressive PT, I began walking or (shall I say limping) without the crutches 5 days after I got my cast off. I hated that stupid boot thing. I wore a wedged flip-flop for a week, then went to an open-backed sneaker. I currently have a dorsi-flexion of positive 5 degrees, and I am walking with a good stride and a small detection of a limp (oh how I try to hide it). Reading about your journey has given me hope about my future. Thank you for the inspiration!!!! I wish you well in your endeavors.
Sincerely, Melissa
Thanks for the feedback.
The biking will help speed recovery but don’t rush that running. I only started yesterday (one day earlier than planned). I did 7 x 500m at 6:27/km pace. I did a total of 7.7 km in one hour. So not fast at all. But I will take it.
It felt so good to sorta run again. But I can feel the lack of strength my injured side has. It already feels better than my first attempt though.
You may not want to hear it but you are still a long way off from running. I am sure you can try an rush it but why? I had a few scares of re-rupture to set me straight. There is no way you want to go back to the start of this whole process so be patient. Do some quality rehab and things will work out. That way when you are ready to run you will be 100% ready to go and not half-arsing it.
Best of luck.