Walking with a small limp
Well it is now over a week with 2 shoes and things are going quite well. Managed to get to my son’s soccer on Saturday and made it to the beach for the evening, so sort of back to normalish.
Have found a physio near my children’s school that fits in really well with dropping them off. She seems quite good and knowledgeable and given me much the same exercises as posted on this site.
Decided to start driving afterall as was going slightly mad, but have limited myself to the school drop off and pick up at the moment. Am finding my ankle swells a bit and gets a bit throbby if am on my feet a long time but not really painful. I have a hiking stick that I take with me if the ground is going to be uneven, but am finding I don’t really need that now, but then again have not gone very far yet. Have set myself daily tartgets to gradually increase what I am doing and trying to gradually build up rather than doing too much too quickly.
The chocolate shoe did not last very long and first bath was blissful!
September 7th, 2009 at 2:42 am
Hi Sharon,
Just seen your update too.
Glad things seem to be ticking along. Slow but steady seems to be the safest option from what I’ve read on this site, but it must be so tempting to push things on. Will find out soon myself.
Dylan (dsut4392) sugested hiking poles for helping push off for hills, so think I’ll try that when I’m ready.
Children have just gone back to school today (both in Juniors now!) so have a peaceful day ahead.
Best of luck with those daily targets - keep us posted on how it’s going.
Take care,
Sam
September 7th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
My physio suggested icing when you are swelling, and of course elevating still… Good luck!
September 8th, 2009 at 3:27 am
Thanks Sam and 2ndtimer, it only swells a bit at the end of the day - ie usually after the kids are all home and opportunities for sitting down are limited inbetween afternoon tea and dinner and bed! But made it up to the top of our drive today (about 500m mainly uphill) took the stick and my 3 year old daughter for support but didn’t really need either of them!
Am finding stretching exercises a bit challenging as still not sure how far to push it - ie is that pain just a good stretch? But each day is getting a little bit better