Comments for tatonka's AchillesBlog http://AchillesBlog.com/tatonka Just another AchillesBlog.com weblog Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:12:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on Hello from Suffolk by normofthenorth http://AchillesBlog.com/tatonka/2010/07/15/hello-from-suffolk/comment-page-1/#comment-7 normofthenorth Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:48:36 +0000 http://AchillesBlog.com/tatonka/?p=4#comment-7 Thanks, Simon. Whoever you see Friday week may be educable when confronted with evidence, so give it your best football effort! You may be resigned to going slowly, but think of the next class of "freshmen" (or whatever they're called over there)! Thanks, Simon.

Whoever you see Friday week may be educable when confronted with evidence, so give it your best football effort! You may be resigned to going slowly, but think of the next class of “freshmen” (or whatever they’re called over there)!

]]> Comment on Hello from Suffolk by tatonka http://AchillesBlog.com/tatonka/2010/07/15/hello-from-suffolk/comment-page-1/#comment-6 tatonka Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:43:30 +0000 http://AchillesBlog.com/tatonka/?p=4#comment-6 Hi Norm, I'll certainly be taking details of the protocol with me when I next attend the hospital however I'm not actually scheduled to see the specialist until mid September! I've got a feeling I will be fobbed off. To be honest it's been a while since I last saw a bison in Suffolk ;-) but you've got to love Dances with Wolves (although I suspect my dancing days are over, at least for a good while). Feel free to call me Simon. Hi Norm,

I’ll certainly be taking details of the protocol with me when I next attend the hospital however I’m not actually scheduled to see the specialist until mid September! I’ve got a feeling I will be fobbed off.

To be honest it’s been a while since I last saw a bison in Suffolk ;-) but you’ve got to love Dances with Wolves (although I suspect my dancing days are over, at least for a good while). Feel free to call me Simon.

]]> Comment on Hello from Suffolk by normofthenorth http://AchillesBlog.com/tatonka/2010/07/15/hello-from-suffolk/comment-page-1/#comment-5 normofthenorth Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:14:16 +0000 http://AchillesBlog.com/tatonka/?p=4#comment-5 Getting PWB in your cast at 2 weeks would be good, but getting into a boot (and starting gentle mobilization and PT) would be much better, for your ankle and your life. Check out bit.ly/UWOProtocol for a good modern protocol that produced excellent (and identical) results with a large number of non-surgical and surgical patients. The study that used it is reference #7 in Wikipedia's article on ATR, and refs 4-6 are to other studies that showed similar excellent results with similar fast (and boot-based) protocols. If you can educate your local professionals about the new evidence, you can help yourself and a future stream of ATR patients, too! If they're planning to put you into a walking boot EVENTUALLY, then they'll actually save money on casts by doing it sooner. Even if not, it's probably not an extra expense to the system, though you may have trouble persuading the people who make the casts! (Tatonka as in Buffalo/Bison? Got many of those in Suffolk? Solve the riddle for us?) Getting PWB in your cast at 2 weeks would be good, but getting into a boot (and starting gentle mobilization and PT) would be much better, for your ankle and your life. Check out bit.ly/UWOProtocol for a good modern protocol that produced excellent (and identical) results with a large number of non-surgical and surgical patients. The study that used it is reference #7 in Wikipedia’s article on ATR, and refs 4-6 are to other studies that showed similar excellent results with similar fast (and boot-based) protocols.

If you can educate your local professionals about the new evidence, you can help yourself and a future stream of ATR patients, too!

If they’re planning to put you into a walking boot EVENTUALLY, then they’ll actually save money on casts by doing it sooner. Even if not, it’s probably not an extra expense to the system, though you may have trouble persuading the people who make the casts!

(Tatonka as in Buffalo/Bison? Got many of those in Suffolk? Solve the riddle for us?)

]]> Comment on Hello from Suffolk by tatonka http://AchillesBlog.com/tatonka/2010/07/15/hello-from-suffolk/comment-page-1/#comment-3 tatonka Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:11:12 +0000 http://AchillesBlog.com/tatonka/?p=4#comment-3 Hi jla2010, thanks for your reply. Blimey, that sounds a bit dickensian. Has anyone else had one of these things? Hi jla2010, thanks for your reply.

Blimey, that sounds a bit dickensian. Has anyone else had one of these things?

]]> Comment on Hello from Suffolk by jla2010 http://AchillesBlog.com/tatonka/2010/07/15/hello-from-suffolk/comment-page-1/#comment-2 jla2010 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:03:55 +0000 http://AchillesBlog.com/tatonka/?p=4#comment-2 Hi tatonka, Sorry to hear about your injury. This is a great site with a very helpful support group community. I looked up the "Bohler Iron" and found a few articles on the Internet. It appears to be metal extension to a cast that allows you to walk as opposed to a walking boot. It's been around since at least the 1930's. Hope this helps. Hi tatonka, Sorry to hear about your injury. This is a great site with a very helpful support group community.

I looked up the “Bohler Iron” and found a few articles on the Internet. It appears to be metal extension to a cast that allows you to walk as opposed to a walking boot. It’s been around since at least the 1930’s.

Hope this helps.

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