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:
I hurt my knee in 1997 (I think), and I cannot tell you how much swimming with Stretchcordz in the water helped. I had my own lane. I did all the same sets as everybody else, but I did them tethered to the wall.
For example, if we were doing 50s free... I know it takes me 14 strokes/lap. So I would push off and do 28 or 30 strokes and then return to the wall.
I think I hurt it in Feb and swam a life best time in May at Nationals (but I got DQd. That's another post!) I just tried to keep everything as normal as possible.
Good luck. :cheerleader:
I hurt my knee in 1997 (I think), and I cannot tell you how much swimming with Stretchcordz in the water helped. I had my own lane. I did all the same sets as everybody else, but I did them tethered to the wall.
For example, if we were doing 50s free... I know it takes me 14 strokes/lap. So I would push off and do 28 or 30 strokes and then return to the wall.
I think I hurt it in Feb and swam a life best time in May at Nationals (but I got DQd. That's another post!) I just tried to keep everything as normal as possible.
Good luck. :cheerleader:
