Physio and crutches dilemma
Uncategorized June 29th, 2013I had my first physio yesterday - a little massage, a little passive stretching of the foot and ankle etc. The only pain came when he stretched out my big toe flexor - I didn’t know I had one, but it reaches right up the back of the calf!
The physio advised a bit more icing ( every couple of hours if possible) to further reduce swelling, and to work on moving my foot a bit. What then confused me was he advised I stay on 2 crutches for the time being to protect my ‘good’ hip and back - I turned up on one, and am taking short crutch less journeys round the house. I’ve left a message to check with the surgeon to check, but this doesn’t seem right…I’d appreciate thoughts from other UK accelerated protocolers…?
June 29th, 2013 at 8:55 am
Hi Suddsy
When I was at about 4 weeks I suffered badly on my good side simply because of the imbalance in height between right and left - strikingly clear if you look in a long mirror and see one hip so much higher than the other. I resolved it to a degree by wearing my thickest trainer and a thick sock. Better still would have been Oped’s (Vaco) Even-up which goes under your shoe, attaching in the same way as those anti-slip soles for icy surfaces. The Even-up wasn’t in the UK when I was mending so mine arrived too late to be helpful. If you call Oped in Devizes they will be able to help you, or maybe you can order online.
This issue seems to be poorly covered by the experts but is important - the only pain I had, after the actual ATR incident, was in my good side especially my hip and my knee.
June 29th, 2013 at 10:31 am
Thanks Hillie - even-up sole now ordered!
June 29th, 2013 at 7:28 pm
Def endorse evening up, that should help the hip and knee , check out hoppy home made shoe
June 30th, 2013 at 11:18 am
Yup. And 1-crutching is also usually very lopsided. Crutch on good side seems better than on bad, but I found it terrible both ways. I borrowed a cane for a few days, but soon started forgetting where I left it!