Four months from debridement/Haglund’s removal/anchoring
Today marks four months from surgery. While my recovery has been on the easy side of achilles recovery scenarios, I did find myself wondering if there has been any measurable progress this past month.
I remember reading a post whose writer noted that “progress is measured in millimeters.” I’d like to find that post again to see if the writer was at four months or thereabouts when he/she posted that gem!
At 12 weeks I was cleared to begin running and I began by interspersing slow and short jogging intervals with walking breaks. I’ve also done some running on the Alter G. Neither activity bothers me at all when doing it, but I haven’t been able to ramp up the activity without consequence. (By ramping up I mean increasing minutes, distance, speed, or frequency - only one thing at a time, though). All in all, I’m certainly no worse for the wear, and am just beginning to grasp that the return to running may indeed be measured in millimeters!
On the bright side, if I wasn’t so focused on returning to full running, I think I’d feel mostly recovered in terms of the daily life. I am walking without pain and getting in some major mileage that way. It gets me outside and on the running trails, and that in itself is a tonic. Walking doesn’t leave me hobbling afterward, as it did pre-surgery. That’s a gift I notice every day.
On Monday I’m starting a cardio tennis class. Ron - did you take note of that? I’m not a tennis player, but I’m producing a fundraising video for community tennis center’s capital campaign and thought this was a perfect opportunity to jump in and try something new. (Class description says all abilities, all ages, all fitness levels welcome).
