Managed to get a private appointment with the consultant who performed my surgery. Unfortunately this confirmed my fears, basically my tendon is too long and I have too much dorsiflexion. MRI scan in a couple of days will likely confirm this. Spot of pain is likely to be the peroneal tendons trying to compensate for [...]
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So, went back to see the Doctor (last visit was 6 weeks ago to have the boot fitted). This time I arrive in two shoes with the comments from the physio questioning whether the repar is complete. I spend all of 3 minutes with Doctor (a registrar), he looks at my injury says the repair [...]
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Visit to NHS physio this week has cast a nasty seed of doubt in my mind. She is concerned that I actually have too much dorsiflexion (she’d expect it to be tighter) and given the leg appears very weak she has questioned whether the repair is complete. Private physio this morning also felt the leg [...]
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As most of the pics I’ve seen show the vertical scar, thought I’d share my rather neat and small version:
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So, the “official” physio visit went well, she was very good, confirmed I have good elasticity in the tendon. Didn’t mind that I was driving already and confirmed that swimming, static bike, rowing machine etc. were OK for cardio work. However, this visit and the visit to the “other” physio the next day has confirmed [...]
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Quick update. I’ve had 3 “private” PT sessions now, nothing too much to report here, a little massage, good elasticity in the tendon, some advice on the type of the exerises, now trying to progress to gentle heal raises ensuring it’s a raise and not a cheating lean forward. I’m back driving with no problem [...]
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