After a sixty some years of swimming for enjoyment and fitness with occsional competition as fun I had to have ankle surgery that resulted in a fused ankle.
I am in therapy and rejoined my local masters group last week But I wonder how much ambition I should harbor, I now I lose about 30% vertical mobility in the ankle and probably won't be able to kick effectively. But I thought perhaps the *** stroke and butterfly could be my focus.
Do any of my fellow members have suggestions - experience to share?
Art "Happy" Klein
Niagara masters
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I posted my question a few years ago and was disappointed that I never got a response. It must have been wafted through a time warp and found some really good hands to land in.
I had the surgery and the recovery was slower than we anticipated. I just about had given up a year ago and was just *** stroking and not too much of that. I have a dense strong body and sink deep in the water. Great for sprinting and up to 200 yards freestyle but bad for back, breaststroke and flys.
I had been stretching and walking right along and realized last spring that I have regained enough flex in the fused ankle to swim nearly normally. The pain has diminished in the past six months.
But six months ago through some inadvertent action, my posterior tibial tendon in the other ankle let go and I was immobilized for several weeks slowing progress once more.
I know I am not back to completive level because of the two-year layoff but I expect to be in full form by June.
The next local meet here is in the autumn and I would really like to get in top competitive condition for that and wow my friends with some golds.
I posted my question a few years ago and was disappointed that I never got a response. It must have been wafted through a time warp and found some really good hands to land in.
I had the surgery and the recovery was slower than we anticipated. I just about had given up a year ago and was just *** stroking and not too much of that. I have a dense strong body and sink deep in the water. Great for sprinting and up to 200 yards freestyle but bad for back, breaststroke and flys.
I had been stretching and walking right along and realized last spring that I have regained enough flex in the fused ankle to swim nearly normally. The pain has diminished in the past six months.
But six months ago through some inadvertent action, my posterior tibial tendon in the other ankle let go and I was immobilized for several weeks slowing progress once more.
I know I am not back to completive level because of the two-year layoff but I expect to be in full form by June.
The next local meet here is in the autumn and I would really like to get in top competitive condition for that and wow my friends with some golds.
