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01-27-21, 09:28 PM | |
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Modify City, State of Fierce
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It sucks if I think about what I have lost.
I can't focus on what I have lost, I have to keep concentrating on the movement I CAN do. And just reading your post it sounds like you're able to do quite a bit! Congratulations! Please take the time to celebrate and enjoy the progress you have made! Celebrate and charge ahead at whatever speed you can ...if for no other reason but to show the folks still struggling to find ways to move that it CAN be done. Maybe not exactly as before ..but moving again is possible. Don't give up ..(and definitely take Erica's advice to start by looking for another physical therapist)
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01-27-21, 09:38 PM | ||
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01-28-21, 08:45 AM | |
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: S. Illinois
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By the end of February, it will be 6 months since breaking my ankle. And, yes, I totally understand. I am/have been pretty discouraged lately. It seems like I am not making any progress anymore! My swelling is pretty bad, which makes wearing regular shoes uncomfortable--which makes walking for exercise more difficult, since I'm not wearing walking/exercise shoes. I'm basically wearing high-quality house shoes (rubber-soled clogs). They keep my arches in place and are cushy and all that. But they don't provide the stability and flexibility I need in a walking shoe.
Anyway--yes, your fitness life might change because of this injury. I remember being in my 40s and dealing with a torn meniscus and then an arthritic spine, which meant I could no longer do high impact activities. That was nearly 20 years ago. I was upset, but I learned to make changes to my fitness routine and I also learned to have the perspective of being grateful for what I still have and not to focus on what I may have lost. It sounds to me like you still have many fitness options. Life won't be the same, but give your current options a chance. You might find some blessings in those that you didn't think were there. Take care and best wishes for your continued recovery, Donna
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01-28-21, 10:27 AM | |
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I feel like you should get a second opinion because I cannot for the life of me figure out why barre would be out of the question when recovering from a broken foot. Seek out a doctor or PT who actually understands what barre is. Do they think it's actual traditional ballet that would have you en pointe or something? My barre classes never do that, and the ballet element is much more about balance and toning. The most we do might be calf raises on the ball of the foot, but I'm sure if you're either doing it at home or in a studio you could modify to avoid that. Barre is such a powerful but gentle workout that I think helps a great deal with general injury prevention and recovery, and I'd hate to see you lose that based on one doctor's advice if they don't really get what it is.
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01-28-21, 12:55 PM | |
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bfit, I'm sorry you are having a frustrating time. Being older, it does take more time to heal. If possible, maybe try to schedule an appointment with a sports physician. Regular doctors don't quite get that some folks over the age of 60 want to be fit and work out.
(I, too, am not sure what would be wrong with modified barre workouts.) Such good advice. I need to think this way every day.
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01-29-21, 11:15 PM | |
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Befit, please don’t give up on improving your fitness. I want to share my story, which you’ve probably heard bits and pieces of through other posts of mine.
When I was 52 I had lateral meniscus surgery. The surgery went well, but the surgeon told me he had to take out a large section of my meniscus that had broken and kept getting caught in my kneecap (very painful) and that the surgery was necessary because of that but I would have a greater chance of knee arthritis because of the missing meniscus. He told me to go to physical therapy, where they were having me do weighted leg press and fire walker band side steps, the exercise bike, and unweighted step-ups. This was at my second session! When I told the surgeon this, he told me to tell the physical therapist not to use weights. I asked him if I could do squats and lunges to strengthen my knee, and he asked me why I would want to do that! He implied I’d just hurt myself again and be back to see him with a swollen knee like his patients who went back to playing basketball. He said walking and the exercise bike were okay. I never went back to physical therapy and did a lot of research on my own. I rode my exercise bike, but that didn’t seem to strengthen my knee enough. I tried floorwork, but even without ankle weights it bothered my knee. Any standing weight work was too much strain on my knee, too, but I intuitively knew I had to safely build up the muscle strength around my knee. Even Leslie walks could bother it! I tried Callanetics and Classical Stretch, which really didn’t work for me because of Miranda’s plies that strained my knee. I finally decided to try Kathy Smith’s Project You and do the entire lower body workout without weights. It was hard to do even body weight squats, but I persisted, slowly increasing my range of motion. Kathy’s plies were much more manageable than Miranda’s, but they still felt very uncomfortable and I just kept my range of motion small. Fast forward about a year and a half, and I can now do lower body work with light to medium dumbbells. I’m finally able to do low impact cardio, and I’m very happy to be able to do Jessica Smith’s Walk Strong 3 rotation. I feel physically stronger than I have in years, and I’m so happy that I just kept trying to find what worked for me. I’m 59 now, and I’m so grateful that I can keep up with my 4-year-old grandson. I owe a big thank-you to all the members of the VF community who have taught me so much about fitness over the years. So all this is to say if you give yourself enough time, you will slowly but surely be able to gain back your fitness. If I had listened to my surgeon and didn’t have the fitness knowledge and experience I had, I would have been afraid to touch weights ever again. I have to say, though, that he did a very good job on my surgery, so I’m very grateful to him for that. He knew how to perform the surgery, but the recovery and building strength back was another matter. I hope my long-winded story helped. It took me much longer than I expected to regain my fitness, but I did and I treat my body with much more respect now. Don’t give up! You’ll get there. SueT |
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