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9weeks post op
October 18, 2009 | |
im 9 weeks PO, 3 out of cast, no boot, can finally fwb after 3 weeks and have enough strength to walk short distances without crutches. Was a good feeling going to a party yesterday and limping instead of using crutches and have everyone inspecting me and the crutches.
I have a massive limp since the AT is not stretched much beyond 90 degrees and the calf muscles havn’t been worked on yet. I hit the crutches as soon as I feel pain in the AT or heel gets too sore from the heel raised shoes.
Because some strength has come back in legs, I’ve started to do a few chores around the house like the laundry, taking the bin out and washing the dishes which is good for my wife.
Would love to hit the water to excercise and stretch but still need to heel the skin around incisions.
I’ve been a bit slack with PT and stretching the AT since they give me too much pain.. but will pick up the stretching now to get rid of the limp and have more ROM. I’ll try not to stretch as much as I can.. go to a few points before the pain comes so I won’t fear stretching.
Once conern atm is the AT doesn’t look level, it dips about 2mm in middle of incision area for about 1cm the comes back up again. I can feel how wide the AT is but not sure how thick it is since its pretty tight.
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I’m doing frequent stretches to get the tendon working smoothly again and can feel the pull - think you get more confident at you realise it’s a good pull (hope I’m not speaking too soon!) and can gradually put more weight into it.
Wonder if the dip is scar tissue where things are adhering together. Perhaps someone with more medical knowledge can answer that.
My tendon definitely feels thicker round the repair area.
Good luck,
Sam