5 MILES :-)
The weather has just been way too nice to not do anything, and since I got the go-ahead a couple days ago from my PT to hop on a bike and see how I felt, today became that day. Biking and the elliptical at the gym seem to really work wonders for my tendon so I decided to go for a ride today. Five miles later, I felt absolutely amazing. No pain, no soreness, no swelling. However, I didn’t want to overdo it as I began to remember just how great my AT felt before I ruptured it, so I called it quits after five. I did do some PT exercises when I got home, and I can’t wait to report to my surgeon and PT tomorrow on exactly how great today felt.
I’m crossing my fingers, though, because my PT gave me the “go” to return to work in two weeks instead of four. My surgeon, of course, has the final say so we will see what the verdict is tomorrow after some scans. All in all, my tendon continues to strengthen everyday as I am 100% committed to recovery both in and out of my PT sessions. I still have a very slight limp, but the word is that I may be a couple weeks away from being totally limp-free. Hope all of you are taking it one day at a time. Happy Healing!
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Taking it one day at a time! Congrats on your bike ride! I can’t wait till I get the go-ahead!
Why can’t you return to work, yet? Seems that you’re getting along so well!
Keep up the great work!
Eric,
I’m a store manager for Express so my job consists of lots and lots of running around all day like a crazy man. Because of that, I was forced to take 3 months off to allow for complete healing. We’ll see what the doc says tomorrow about me being able to chop 2 weeks off from that (crosses fingers).
5 miles out in the fresh air sounds great! My limp right now is far from slight, but I’m happy to be in two shoes and moving about.
Congrats on the progress, and may it continue uninterrupted.
Yes yes yes! I just hit this landmark yesterday too!