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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As long as its okay to get wet (you don't have pins, etc) you can get in and swim with a buoy (and add paddles, snorkel). Obviously you'll have to do open turns and push off one legged.
As a kid (HS and younger) I swam with broken arm, stitches, cuts, etc....you learn what you can and can't do and coaches are GREAT at finding "something" you can do!
As long as its okay to get wet (you don't have pins, etc) you can get in and swim with a buoy (and add paddles, snorkel). Obviously you'll have to do open turns and push off one legged.
As a kid (HS and younger) I swam with broken arm, stitches, cuts, etc....you learn what you can and can't do and coaches are GREAT at finding "something" you can do!
