I swim several times a week and the one day I decide to walk I manage to wipe out and break all three bones in my ankle.After surgery to put in plates&screws I'm now heading into week three of doing nothing.I've been told I'm looking at at least 8-10 weeks of some type of cast or boot,and who knows how much PT after that.Ironicaly I broke my other ankle when I was much younger and swimming was the only excersize I felt comfortable with.However,I now have much higher expectation from swimming then I did when I was 5-and I want to get back to what I was able to do before this accident.
Where do I start once I'm cleared for excersize?Do I try to do this on my own or find a specialist who works with athletes?I need to know that I will be able to rebound from this,and what to expect-but right now I'm just completely discouraged!:toohurt:
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I have rebounded a few times from being completely out of shape, so I am sure you can do it.
1) Stopped swimming in middle school because my other sports took priority, started again in HS
2) Stopped after senior year due to pneumonia, and then a car accident involving broken ribs
3) In college after not being able to swim for a couple months due to a staph infection (left I nice hole in my body that had to heal)
4) I took the entire summer and fall of 2010 off, and now I'm back!
It's tough. You wanna just jump in and swim like you've always swam. Unfortunately your body doesn't work that way. You snooze you lose, use it or lose it. That said, the human body is remarkably adaptive and you'll definitely bounce back. You just have to be patient with yourself. Luckily swimming puts far less stress on your ankles than something that involves running.
Try to keep swimming with your broken foot leg out of the water :)
Good Luck!
I have rebounded a few times from being completely out of shape, so I am sure you can do it.
1) Stopped swimming in middle school because my other sports took priority, started again in HS
2) Stopped after senior year due to pneumonia, and then a car accident involving broken ribs
3) In college after not being able to swim for a couple months due to a staph infection (left I nice hole in my body that had to heal)
4) I took the entire summer and fall of 2010 off, and now I'm back!
It's tough. You wanna just jump in and swim like you've always swam. Unfortunately your body doesn't work that way. You snooze you lose, use it or lose it. That said, the human body is remarkably adaptive and you'll definitely bounce back. You just have to be patient with yourself. Luckily swimming puts far less stress on your ankles than something that involves running.
Try to keep swimming with your broken foot leg out of the water :)
Good Luck!
