The long journey back to life as I used to know it…

I have not posted in quite awhile and I know when I first had my ATR I was most concerned about WHEN I would resume my athletic activities. So I will share where I am at 9 months for all those yearning to play sports again. I started playing ice hockey one day a week at the 7 month mark. Skating was really not much of an issue although my skate did fit a little different in the rear part of the boot. I have been skating every since and I would say other than a little bit of exhaustion pain at the end of the skate I am back to 100%. In fact, the first few times I played I thought a lot about making sure I did not get caught in a bad position with my right foot, now I just play and very rarely even think of the injury. I am able to run at this point and have my first basketball game since the injury this coming wed. I will go out a purchase a new pair of sneakers as I believe the old ones have a curse and I will never wear them again. They were only worn a few times before I was hurt so therefore I attribute some of the injury to them as stupid as that sounds.

My doctor has told me all along to listen to my body and that is what I have done. I went pretty hard at the PT thing early on but then just did most things at the gym on my own. I felt just jogging and being active with my two sons was as good as the exercises I was doing at PT. My range of motion is completely back and I can do a calf raise on the injured leg. It is still not as strong as before the surgery but I feel it will continue to improve and by the 1st of the Year I should be 100%. I do understand that it will be tight probably for the rest of my life and at age 41 I will accept that.

So If you just suffered this injury do not listed to everyone who tells you that your life is over for 1 year. I refused to listed, I played golf very early on in my recovery, jogged a mile at 13 weeks and played ice hockey at 6 months. Good luck to all and I hope I brought some hope to those of you who long to get back on the court/field as soon as possible.