I had a slight surprise at PT this morning when I realized that I was almost 9 weeks post-op and not 7.5. I decided that was a better mistake than thinking I was further along than I really am.
I wore two shoes at last Monday’s PT session, but was told then to use the boot [...]
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I’m just past 7 weeks and saw my OS today. The PT did a progress report this morning before I saw the doctor, and I’m 7 deg. dorsiflexion, 60 deg. plantar flexion (it was measured twice because that’s high even for healthy ankles), something equally high (47?) on inversion (lots of ankle sprains in the [...]
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I’ve been reading a lot of these blogs recently, but am not sure I’ve ever seen anyone say what criteria their doc/PT use to determine when they can move to two shoes. I know there is a wide range of rehab protocols among site users, but I’m wondering what rationale(s) drives the decision.
thanks!
Carol
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It’s been a big week already. On Monday I used the left-foot accelerator and ran a bunch of errands around town. It was a good day to try real world driving out without normal weekday traffic. I stayed off the interstates, figuring that they’d be crowded with end-of-holiday traffic, and stuck to surface streets. Between [...]
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