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I’m on the move, well no not exactly! Thanks to everyone for their help re car insurance, I did decide to let them know, all they did was to make a note of it. I have been cleared to go back to work next week on reduced hours, and I think I’ve even been allocated a disabled parking space temporarily.
So my goal this week was to practice driving to make sure I can make the 35 min journey. But we have snow, ice and daytime temperatures below freezing. I can hear our Canadian cousins sniggering, but it’s fairly rural round here and only the major roads are gritted. The main rout to work is scenic but narrow, windy, and treacherous in bad weather. We just aren’t very good at snow in the UK.
On a positive note, my physio feels I’m making excellent progress, another gold star! I am now doing one leg calf raises and sitting back on my heels in plantar position to improve my ROM in plantar position. My dorsiflexion is near normal. The main work I need to do is to improve my gait by practising exaggerated heel to toe
walking. I can now go to the gym and start on the cycle, treadmill and cross trainer which should help providing can get there!
I suspect my addiction to this blog might wane once Im back to work, but I think I will return to work with a better appreciation of the patient’s perspective - a silver lining perhaps?
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1 leg calf raises at 13 weeks is impressive. i still can’t do them and i’m a month ahead of you. although i feel it’s heel pain and not lack of calf strength that’s stopping me. both my surgeon and PT say that it usually comes at 6 months so both you and elsurfer are stars in my book.
Comment by kaston 11.30.10 @ 2:41 pmWell done, seems like things are coming together well! (it it coincidence that the anti-spam word today was ‘patience’?)
Enjoy (!) getting back to work. Me, i’m looking forward to leaving on 24 Dec (I only went back once i injured myself, i’d left 2mths prior).
Comment by bronny 11.30.10 @ 2:46 pmI haven’t got the hang of the calf raises yet! So I’m not sure I deserve the praise. I will let you know how I get on.
Comment by teresa1 11.30.10 @ 3:08 pmBut I can at least try!
Well done you, it sounds like your doing brilliantly. My achilles still seems really stiff, and the thought of sitting back on my heals seems a million miles away. However I look to your progress as a guide as to where I might be in 3 weeks. I can but hope. Take it easy on your return to work (if that’s possible in your job!) and I hope that our bonkers weather take a turn for the better.
Comment by liverpoollass 11.30.10 @ 3:45 pmteresa ,
Im at 12.5 weeks and cant do any calf raises . All the excercises the PT has me doing are towards me doing them. The Pt wants me to be able to do 3 sets of 15 by the next time i see him on the 20th dec !!! Going to try get there !
how many can you do at the moment ?
What excercises did your PT give you to do to get to do these . They might help me .
Im on the trampette ,in the poool, on the edge of a step in the pool and just standing up hodling onto something using both leg….and Im no where near it .
thanks
Comment by philc 12.01.10 @ 7:24 am