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Old 05-15-2008, 08:24 AM #1
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I saw my ankle doc on Monday. She wanted to know why I wasn't wearing my fleece lined, knee high, walking cast. I stopped wearing it last week when it was 79degrees, and I was sweating my u know what off. I told her I was tired of wearing it. But, I still had an ace wrap on it, I'm not one to make pain worse.

So, she got me this lightweight brace that allows me to wear my new, new balance, shoes on BOTH feet. Yay!
I start PT at the end of the month. Now that's what I'm talking about.

It turns out I tore my ATF, the tendon that runs along the outside of the foot. Well that explains why it is still bruised, today, day 105.

I'm supposed to make 20 clockwise circles then counterclockwise circles daily. Along with the capital letters of the alphabet with my toes. Anyone care to join me?

One, two, three .... Anyone? How about the alphabet, A...B...C... I can't hear you. Why do I get the feeling I'm all alone? I'll just get my other foot to work with me. I knew I could find a PT buddy.



Hey - I tore the ligament on the outside of my ankle...we're practically twins! I'm doing some serious PT now to try to strengthen all the muscles that help you balance and keep your ankle in place - it's hard, but I can feel it getting stronger. I'm doing it in an effort to keep from having to get surgery. Feeling pretty positive about it after only a week of PT! I bet you'll do great too.
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Hey Miss Corny, I'll be your PT pardner!

Dad-gummit! I cudn't spell the alphabet with my left foot (I'm right-footed, Lol!) so I jest pretended I wuz spinning a lariat.

The dern thing finally did quit swelling, so pleased as punch 'bout that. I even gave my saddle bronc a holiday Monday and pedaled my bike 5 miles.
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Hey - I tore the ligament on the outside of my ankle...we're practically twins! I'm doing some serious PT now to try to strengthen all the muscles that help you balance and keep your ankle in place - it's hard, but I can feel it getting stronger. I'm doing it in an effort to keep from having to get surgery. Feeling pretty positive about it after only a week of PT! I bet you'll do great too.
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That's so cool. I'm looking forward to the torture of PT. I was in PT 3 weeks after when it was so swelled and bruised. It was another 6 weeks before it was MRIed and the tear was discovered. Thankfully my doc had put me in a walking cast and stopped PT too.

Thanks for the encouraging news. You keep inproving and I'll be right behind ya.

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That's so cool. I'm looking forward to the torture of PT. I was in PT 3 weeks after when it was so swelled and bruised. It was another 6 weeks before it was MRIed and the tear was discovered. Thankfully my doc had put me in a walking cast and stopped PT too.

Thanks for the encouraging news. You keep inproving and I'll be right behind ya.
I don't really know when I tore mine, but a good possibility is when I flew off my bike last summer (still attached to it by one toe clip!) What did you do to sprain/break your ankle to start with - I can't remember.

The balance exercises are hilarious. I had no idea we had so many different muscles in there helping to keep us upright! I felt every single one of them after Monday's session! Wednesday - I refused to put my foot down (I'm on one leg and she's throwing a ball from different places and I have to catch it and throw back - I would have fallen over before I put that foot down to balance! Good thing I can laugh at myself!
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HI BETH !! found you a partner to help with PT







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I'm glad to see things are looking up for you.

Happy PTing.. Let us know how it goes.

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Ok Beth, can we do the alphabet backwards now? I'm getting tired of the forward way. Z, Y, X, W, . . .

I hope the PT goes well for you and things heal up perfectly.
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me, me, me! I will help! A, B, C,...mmmm....chocolates.....munch, munch....what where we doing?
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I don't really know when I tore mine, but a good possibility is when I flew off my bike last summer (still attached to it by one toe clip!) What did you do to sprain/break your ankle to start with - I can't remember.

The balance exercises are hilarious. I had no idea we had so many different muscles in there helping to keep us upright! I felt every single one of them after Monday's session! Wednesday - I refused to put my foot down (I'm on one leg and she's throwing a ball from different places and I have to catch it and throw back - I would have fallen over before I put that foot down to balance! Good thing I can laugh at myself!
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I hurt mine walking down stairs. I accidentally skipped the last two steps and landed squarely at the bottom, then twist ... Scream, and I dropped to the steps holding my ankle and trying to breathe. I swear I sat there 10 minutes.

I'm glad you are able to laugh at yourself. I find just the concept of balancing so beyond my ability sometimes. I wonder what I'll be doing?

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glad the doc gave u a new brace,

dont mess it up more than it is, I had to have total reconstructive surgery, pins, staples, pain with the weather changes,

and not to scare you but they drilled through my bones to bring ligaments from other side to help on my ankle, this all was my fault cause i kept working when it should of been rested,

so now i pay the price, take care so you dont have to pay the price, tendons and ligaments are nothing to mess with, sorry didnt mean to be a nagging dad about this,

get better soon

oh i can recite my alphabet backwards, dont ask me when or how i learned this, problaly when at school using those big black markers or the rubber cement
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