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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Thinking back to when I was in high school, we had a 50 free state champoin break something in his lower leg maybe a month or two before the state championship meet. He was, at the time, a contender going after the national 50 free record. I remember I had made the state meet that year as a pretty strong contender for a state title in his absence. I didn't pay attention to the heat before me (which he was in) but imagine my surprise on the medal platform to find out that he had beaten me with a cast on his leg. He went 21.8 in the 50y free with a cast... about a second slower than his state record at the time. If he could sprint that fast in a cast, i'm sure you could swim in one just to keep the endurance up. Casts are waterproof now aren't they?
I wish!
Have been given strickt instructions to keep this one dry-and swimming with a garbage bag on my leg just does not seem very practical!
When I first posted I had no clue how badly I managed to break things-finaly got to see an x-ray and its a good amount of hardware that I've been told will need to stay in.Unfortunately it also feels like I have quite a bit of nerve damage-so I can't really feel my foot,not sure how that will affect walking or swimming.
Thinking back to when I was in high school, we had a 50 free state champoin break something in his lower leg maybe a month or two before the state championship meet. He was, at the time, a contender going after the national 50 free record. I remember I had made the state meet that year as a pretty strong contender for a state title in his absence. I didn't pay attention to the heat before me (which he was in) but imagine my surprise on the medal platform to find out that he had beaten me with a cast on his leg. He went 21.8 in the 50y free with a cast... about a second slower than his state record at the time. If he could sprint that fast in a cast, i'm sure you could swim in one just to keep the endurance up. Casts are waterproof now aren't they?
I wish!
Have been given strickt instructions to keep this one dry-and swimming with a garbage bag on my leg just does not seem very practical!
When I first posted I had no clue how badly I managed to break things-finaly got to see an x-ray and its a good amount of hardware that I've been told will need to stay in.Unfortunately it also feels like I have quite a bit of nerve damage-so I can't really feel my foot,not sure how that will affect walking or swimming.
