#haglundsdeformity

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Week 19 post op

I'm trying to find the balance between working hard and not crippling myself. It seems back to back days of running are difficult thus far. This week I ran 16.8 miles. According to my PT who has analyzed my running, I'm still not driving off right leg enough and picking up the foot too soon. Must continue to be diligent with gastroc strengthening and mobility exercises. At this point I'm not very confident about doing Ventura marathon in Sept. I'll continue to try to build base this month and if I can run absolutely pain free by May then I may have a shot at Marathon. If not then I'll just continue this process and possibly wait till Los Angeles marathon 2017 to race.

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Week 15

Progress is still slow. On Saturday I tried a few sets of "trotting" . Didn't hurt at all but I sure was sore the rest of the day. Continuing to do my rehab exercises and working on glutes/hips. I have 6 months to get to the start line of #venturamarathon. I'm noy afraid to pull the plug on it if my Achilles doesn't hold up in the upcoming months but I sure would like race it. It's a completely flat course so it shouldn't put unnecessary stress on tendon. Been doing a lot more body weight exercises with TRX as opposed to hitting the weights daily. I know I'll need to shave down at least 12-15lbs to reduce the pounding on Achilles.

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Week 11

Incision finally healed. Green light from Dr T to start pt again and stretch past zero degrees plantar flexion. Said to wait a few days for pt to do massage on scar tissue. I'd really like to begin "jogging" on alter-g by the end of March!

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45 days post op

I've started the stationary bike this week. Feels awkward to do so with boot on but feels awesome waking up those muscles again!! Still lifting weights daily. Achilles feels pretty good as I work on moving foot around a bit. I've started sleeping with boot off for a few days now and it's glorious! I see Dr T on Thurs the 21st and he said over the phone a couple days ago I'll be in boot for week after that then I can ditch it! So need to go buy some backless Crocs so shoe doesn't irritate the scar. Only real discomfort I have when walking with boot on now is the feeling of of stepping on gravel through the heel, that I read all about as other patients go through as well. Just counting down the days till Thurs now!

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36 days post op

PT going well. Working on massage to minimize scar tissue and keeping the fascia in plantar nice and loose. No strengthening work just yet. PWB at 7.5° is going pretty well. The only hiccup is my INR is at 1.8 still despite the xarelto. More blood work tomorrow and we'll go from there. Life seems to be working in stages at this point. Living from getting to the next milestone which is next week being at neutral in boot. Crossing my fingers OS says I can ditch boot when I see him on the 21st.

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30 days post op

Feeling stronger by the day. Yesterday I only used cane to the park and to gym. Today I'm not touching it. Was able to walk to park and back with Lola. Majority of discomfort is in heel when I step. Towards the end of walk it did get pretty tired though. Dr T said yesterday he would negotiate with me and allow me to move boot to 7.5% PF but not till Monday as I was scheduled to move it on Thursday. I'm icing twice a day to keel the swelling at minimum too. Really happy with my weight as I've managed to actually lose 4lbs. At this point it's just allowing the tendon do heal and fight the urge to get into "no pain no gain" . Credit to my bauerfeind brace because I really think that's what's helping with swelling and being pain free.

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First Full weight bearing steps. Pretty glorious. Still have a way to go before I can walk confidently but lord does it feel good to meet my daily goals!

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24 days post op. Thursday's follow up didn't quite go as expected. I had an ultrasound done first and blood clots were found in my leg. Non occlusive thrombosis. So some blood as still getting through. Which explains the pain I've been having all this time in my quad/hip flexor that I always assumed was just tightness from using the iwalk. Dr put me on lovenox injections and I'll see my dr this week. As far as my Achilles, everything looked good. Incision looked great and he changed my cam boot to 15 degrees plantar flexion. Also said I can start partial weight bearing but boy has that been a challenge the last 2 days. I have absolutely no confidence in my leg. He said to progress to full weight bearing by next Thursday so I'm gonna have to stop being such a baby and really get to work on it today. My workouts have been going well. Cardio is getting done with the arm bike and battle ropes.