As with anyone who’s going through this recovery, there’s good days and bad days. Lately I’ve had more good than bad, but I’m still very far from where I’d like to be. At this point my main focus is on building my calf strength. My single leg heel raises and eccentric calf raises still leave a lot to be desired. The pain by my ankle bone persists and frustrates me.
I’ve also developed some soreness in my upper tendon/lower calf area that appears only when I stretch, and my PT thinks I’ve been overdoing it. I’m comfortable running normally at 8mph now, and even 10mph, but my cardio conditioning still has more work to do. I’ll alternate between running for 90 secs and then walking for 60 secs, based on a program by my PT.
Anyways, here’s the current state of affairs - as with my other videos, I’d caution that this looks a lot better than it feels. There’s no pain, but the lack of ability to sprint/land/push off the ball of my foot the way that I’d like to is what doesn’t feel good to me.
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amag3232 // Apr 15th 2016 at 3:30 pm
Very nice! Curious, when you run are you shortening your stride more than before? Im 19 weeks post op, running no more than 6 miles for now but still doesn’t feel comfortable. I find that I pick up my right (repaired) foot faster than my left and can’t push off as well. Does this happen to you too?
jayli // Apr 15th 2016 at 3:51 pm
I don’t feel as though my strides are shortened. I don’t have the pushoff strength that I would like yet, but that mostly just means I can’t go faster or sprint yet. But my strides are even between each leg.
Manny // Apr 17th 2016 at 8:31 pm
Great video, jayli. Remind me not to play hopscotch against you!
I’d lose all my marbles and baseball cards (what? I’m dating myself?) LOL
Good luck and Happy Healing!……… Manny
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