Great news on recovery.

One more video I found on you tube talked about the 5 keys to walking:

1. Push off with your toes

2. Use a long stride

3. Keep legs close together

4. Move your shoulders

5. Focus on the horizon

You can find this by searching " How to walk correctly and fix your lower back pain. Take the Five Easy Steps Chuck Tillotson "

 

Thanks Patti , I will definitely check them out.

Yeah, it's a little weird, the concentration it takes now to walk properly again. The other point for me is getting my foot pointing forward. It almost feels pidgeon-toed, though it's not.

Cheers. I'll look it up. Can't believe no real pain now Baker's cyst burst. But light sprain on broken ankle set swelling off again. Will have to lie down with shoe on before I can get the darned thing off. Might put moonboot on for stability as its night time and I'm tired. Can't be bothered falling over again this week! ?????

Great news. So wonderful to see you improving after all you have been through. I had read that some people just use the inner of the moon boot at night for stability. Also sleep with the leg elevated. I don't known, maybe more comfortable than the whole boot. Hope your recovery is going to be very quick now. Good luck and God bless .

Do you happen to have a resistance band to do exercises to get more ROM the other direction? You probably know about that, but I just thought I would mention it, just in case. 

Good idea!

Thanks ladies. I do all the exercises. I have a resistance band. I have good movement, but am a bit wobbly. Now my bakers cyst has burst, I think the pain I am feeling and swelling, was always there. One leg so painful it blocked out the other.

Feels like lead. I just push myself to stand and walk as much as I can. Not all day obviously. Knee still weak, so can't bend .

Got assessed by a nurse. Broke down exactly what I'd be doing in next 8 weeks. Lol, and still more lol. She would have me do all the house work in this 3 storied house in that time. Including vacuuming up and down stairs with a back pack vacuum cleaner.

My husband and mother want to know if she has a crystal ball. Laugh some more??. ??????????????????????????

Sounds like she sees you getting better really soon! That's great news!! I think housework is better than sitting around in bed getting bored. I'd take it! In those first month's I thought I would go crazy sometimes waiting around. It was like you could hear the clock ticking away and you can't stand the loss of independence. And then, when that was over, I didn't realize it would be kind of painful to go through the PT phase (and I'm still in it), but it's still sooo much better than waiting around. You all will walk again, don't worry. I didn't think I would and I can run now (wobbly, but can run) and still only across the room, but I'll take it.  It just takes a lot more time and waiting and work to get there. But you will be proud of your weekly progress. It's almost like watching a baby learn to walk. You get so darned excited about every stage! And I must say the process is really not all that different.

Hi Patti, I am I think at the same stage as you. I also tried running down my passage. I laughed so much. I felt so weird , I would hate to think what I look like, but yeah I can sort of run. Have you been driving your motor vehicle, and if so for how long. I drove for the first time on my own as my car is not automatic, and my husband would not let me drive , until he was sure I could do an emergency stop. So now I feel totally independent again. Such a great feeling.

I think I was missing it it up until about 6 months. Then I got over it. I haven't been clock watching or lying in bed since march after my op. I guess then I reached a turning point in giving a darn about lack of independence. I was in survival mode. Still am. Next is a transition forwards to the past, if you follow. I HATE nurses and insurance telling me what to do. Drs and Physios I listen to.

Having 2 damaged people in house been very trying.

I feel I know my body. I'm usually a step or 2 ahead of the Physio.

Hmmm. I'll get there when I get there. My husband is hard to get motivated, but very quick at finding any fault in my performance. Generally he is supportive.

Thanks ladies.

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You make me laugh Daphne! I am sure we both looked ridiculous in our woobly run...but boy did it feel good, didn't it?  I felt like a kid running for the first time. It seemed almost surreal. 

What a sense of freedom you must feel now being able to drive your manual! I was going crazy for the three weeks before I started driving...have you had to wait all this time to drive? I broke my left ankle in 3 places, so I have been driving around since week 3 in an automatic car. I used to put the casted leg up on a big pillow (because it would pound if I didn't), and lean my left foot on the dashboard,  just below the window level so it wouldn't be seen easily....but I was able to get around. My GP doctor and ortho said driving was fine, but just to be careful, because if I got in a fender bender and had to crutch or knee walker out of the car, it just wouldn't look too good for me I learned to crutch to the back of my SUV and lower my knee walker onto the ground with my arms, while leaning on the tailgate of my car. It would take me a while, and I was a bit of a spectacle, but I had to get out of the house. When I think back, it feels like years instead of 19 weeks that have gone by. That seems like a different life. Does it feel that way to you too?

I have not tried a manual car, but I think I will try my daughter's to see if I can do it. With this ankle, sometimes I have thought I couldn't do something and waited a few too many weeks only to find out I could. It was that way with putting on a tennis shoe for the first time. All the sudden you say, "should I dare to try it"? And somehow you can do it!!

So u didn't break the accelerator leg?

Running. Hahaha. ????????????

No...in fact, I used to feel so happy driving down the freeway....it was the only time I could move quickly!

I think I would have tried driving a while ago if my husband was not so paranoid about me being able to do an emergency stop. Yes I also broke my left ankle, so manual car out of the question. My husband even took my car to my son, because he was afraid I would try drive when he was not at home. My husbands vehicle is too big and very high (volkswagen transporter) so he knew I would not attempt driving that. I can jus picture you driving around with your leg on the dashboard. Must have been so funny.

You think of the funniest things to say. You often make my day with your little quotes about our problems. Just so positive all the time. You will soon be able to run etc. Luv u 2 bits.

My broken leg is the gas peddle. If it was other one i'd be on my way! But alas not. ??

I will ride it out. Broken foot quite away off, unless they get me left hand drive lol. ????

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