Posted on March 28th, 2014 by tkdco
purchased this king brand BFST for my ankle
http://www.kingbrand.com/Ankle_Injury_Treatment.php?REF=46PV100
here is the wrap on my ankle
http://achillesblog.com/tkdco/files/2014/03/20140328_100537.jpg
I got to say, Very impressed… I can actually feel the tingling. Been using if for a week… 3-4x a day at 20 min intervals. My ROM has increased and its painless. Foot does get a bit warm, but its nothing to [...]
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Posted on March 22nd, 2014 by tkdco
3.5 weeks after surgery, I decided to see how flexible my left ankle was. I was shocked at the results. I can bend it up almost as far as I can my right foot. There is some tightness and discomfort, (I would not call it pain). the doc gave me the go ahead to do [...]
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Posted on March 20th, 2014 by tkdco
Exactly 3 weeks after surgery, the stitches were removed. Doctor had me push on his hand with the ball of my foot and was surprised how hard I can push. He gave me the OK to remove the boot and start moving my foot up, down, and left and right to break up scar tissue [...]
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Posted on March 15th, 2014 by tkdco
Prior to my ATR I was in the gym 3-4 times a week and teaching a martial arts class. I purchased a set of dumbbells and resistance bands (up to 75 lbs resistance) to stay fit while I recover. I also read A LOT of positive results from people that took vitamin C, vitamin E, [...]
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Posted on March 13th, 2014 by tkdco
Had surgery 2 days after atr. Luckily my mother in law is a nurse at a podiatrist office. He did my examination and scheduled me for mri the next day. Day after mri was surgery. I had general anesthesia. Whole operation took just over an hour and a half. Woke up [...]
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Posted on March 13th, 2014 by tkdco
After a formal Tae Kwon Doe class, few instructors and students stayed after for a cardio / circuit training class. I was already warmed up as we have been in class for well over one hour. I was executing round house kicks on a bag. We were going for speed, maximum kicks in 30 second [...]
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