Apr 14 2012
15 weeks - & counting…
Quick 15 week update. Now going in to see PT once every 2 weeks. I am in my slow (read "dead") season for work right now, so really all I have to work on right now is re-habing this thing. Achilles still wakes up very stiff & I spend an hour + each morning with: massaging/stretching/toe-raises/lunges & various one-footed balance exercises. Then after projects, chores, etc. I either bike on road for about 90 minutes (10-15 miles with around 2000′ climbing) or walk for about 30 minutes. The walking is by far the more difficult of the two options. I finish the day with a general all-around yoga-style stretch session & add in push-ups / sit-ups / & some core strengthening stuff. Progress is slow, but still progressing. Very literally the two steps forward, one step back progression - sometimes when I am out walking and get some weird pain I’ll curse it out loud - if anyone was around I’m sure they would think I have turrets… Long days on the foot are still pretty painful - went to Thievery Corporation concert last night… took a ski pole with me to lean on - good show, foot hurt! I think long term standing is harder then walking.
My goal right now is to be able to mtn bike with my buddies by sometime in June - it would be nice to get back to 30 - 40 miles on dirt and feeling good about it! I feel this would also mean I am fit to go back to work sans-boot (work entails lifting & pushing around heavy (300 lb.) blocks of ice)… Raft trip coming up in about a week - figure pulling oars & bracing with feet is something I can do - just a little leery of the uncontrolled river environment. We’ll see…
Solid healing to all & keep the good thoughts!
Trailing you by a few weeks. Great to hear about the program. I’m in two shoes, and now doing my own rehab. Might check back in w/ PT, but at this point it seems I just need to keep working on ROM, and strength. So nothing I can’t do on my own — and no sense dropping $50 a pop.
I’m only doing short walks, though — v. short. Almost have enough range back though that I could get on a Concept 2 rower. That would be great. Trail hiking — not running — bu June: also great.
Best w/ the rafting trip. Since Spring is here, and even Summer-like in some places, I think getting outside becomes essential.
All best.