…soaked my AT in a bucket of ice tonight…
…and ohhhhhhhh it felt sooooo good. Have any of you tried this before?
I have been in the boot for 6 days now. Yesterday I went to the beach and tried to “walk/shuffle” around on the hard sand without the boot…didnt feel so good. I experienced some swelling today, along with some tightness of the tendon.
I was concerned about the swelling and was going to try and knock it back down before I went to bed tonight. I resorted to an old move the trainers in college would do for bum ankles: soak it in a bucket of ice water for 15 minutes. Ahhhhh, after the initial sting it didnt really feel that cold. I filled up a large steel pasta bucket high enough to cover my whole incision. After 15 min was up I took it out, dried it off and checked it out. Swelling was gone, foot felt great…gonna do it again tomorrow.
Anyone else try this? Is this healthy for the tendon? I have a vmail out to doc Theodore at MGH, Im interested to see what he says.
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:43 am
Tell you what I tried last night … soaked some Glenfiddich in some ice and then drank it. I immediately felt better, transported to a Scottish highland, where I ran free without a care in the world and a perfect pair of achilles tendons.
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:34 am
Withnail, what a waste of good whisky, there is enough water in it when it is distilled
June 3rd, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I knew I was forgetting something.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
I haven’t tried this yet since I just had surgery 5 days ago, but last year I used to soak both legs (knee downwards) in ice and water for 15-20 min. It definitely reduced the soreness, and helped muscle recovery in the area. Very tough the first time but got used to it.
Maybe I should have kept on doing it or else I wouldn’t be in the predicament I’m in now.