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:
Wrapping up week 7 and I'm still in a cast,finaly weight bearing,but not able to swim-never thought I'd miss the stink of chlorine this much!:toohurt:
This whole experience has made me wonder-does 'swimming only' promote weaker bones due to it being non-weighbearing?
Congrats on making it this far! Doesn't it feel weird to learn to walk again? I kind of forgot what it was like the first time around...
I think that if you're doing some cross-training, you'll get all the bone development you need. Pepper in some jumping jacks and walking to your routine, and that should do the trick. Also, whatever physical therapy they give you, keep it up, even when you're feeling better! I regret not doing more after I got the hardware removed from my ankle. That second round didn't heal as well as the first.
Digging that new smiley, btw.
Wrapping up week 7 and I'm still in a cast,finaly weight bearing,but not able to swim-never thought I'd miss the stink of chlorine this much!:toohurt:
This whole experience has made me wonder-does 'swimming only' promote weaker bones due to it being non-weighbearing?
Congrats on making it this far! Doesn't it feel weird to learn to walk again? I kind of forgot what it was like the first time around...
I think that if you're doing some cross-training, you'll get all the bone development you need. Pepper in some jumping jacks and walking to your routine, and that should do the trick. Also, whatever physical therapy they give you, keep it up, even when you're feeling better! I regret not doing more after I got the hardware removed from my ankle. That second round didn't heal as well as the first.
Digging that new smiley, btw.
