I really can't believe the patience I've shown so far. Week three has started and its a little more stress to test the AT. 25 minutes with 4x2/3 minutes running between brisk walks. This is every other day. Today was day 1 and fingers crossed no pain while running or walking. I continue to stretch and that should be helping as well.
I did add more HITT sessions. Joe the Body Coach on YouTube (I highly recommend you check his site) has these sessions from 20 to 25 minutes. For my old bones, they are killer but I use them to start the day and it seems to be helping. Actually looking forward to them. These are no weight or equipment workouts for small rooms. I'm thinking the added strength and stretch of the exercises has to help. Time will tell.
Back to the leftover chores. I will be adding swimming soon so who knows. Stay tuned.
More from geezer recovery world soon.
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Eagle Creek in Fall Splendor
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
The recovery Continues
I am back at this and will be keeping a more consistent presence thanks in part to this Covid crap and the final realization that I need to recover from my AT properly instead of the usual BS I used to justify shortcutting my rehab.
So how did i get here? Easy, just think you are 25 when you are over 50 and the saying "play stupid games - win stupid prizes" becomes all too real. After having the doctor look at my range of motion and finding it was 1 degree on my left foot. Which by the way was the worst he's seen in his 15 plus years of practice. I was determined to do my stretching and eccentric raises to get right. It worked for about two months and I found one excuse after another excuse to not stretch for 6 minutes a couple of times per day. 12 minutes. Come on. How lazy can one be? Well the AT returned with a vengeance and this time on the exterior of the ankle. That was new.
After about four weeks of getting slower and nursing this thing, I was getting nowhere. I recalled a presentation for a local podiatrist about his protocol for return. When I heard it, my first thought was this was just too conservative, but now I was ready to give a real account. To prep, I stopped running for two weeks to ease into the rehab. No pain but let's see what happens when we get after the protocol. Week 1 - 20 minutes brisk walking every other day. No pain and move to week 2.
Well, the result was good. I am stretching every day and on the non-brisk walk days enjoying the Nordictrack. Hello, 1990 called and wants it's home exercise equipment returned. This also included 3 rounds of golf walking (no carts fro me ever) but that's another blog post. So on to week 2 which consists of 20 minutes walking every other day with 1 minute light runs x 4. Today was day 1 - no pain! I can't begin to say how excited I am but there's a way to go.
For now, I'm sticking to the plan as challenging as it is. I'm doing it correctly because I yearn to get back to the roads and trails with no hurt. As we get older, we need to play things smarter. I haven't done that in the past but perhaps this old dog can learn a few new tricks.
Next post, let's talk some golf.
Stay healthy and safe but most importantly, keep moving.
So how did i get here? Easy, just think you are 25 when you are over 50 and the saying "play stupid games - win stupid prizes" becomes all too real. After having the doctor look at my range of motion and finding it was 1 degree on my left foot. Which by the way was the worst he's seen in his 15 plus years of practice. I was determined to do my stretching and eccentric raises to get right. It worked for about two months and I found one excuse after another excuse to not stretch for 6 minutes a couple of times per day. 12 minutes. Come on. How lazy can one be? Well the AT returned with a vengeance and this time on the exterior of the ankle. That was new.
After about four weeks of getting slower and nursing this thing, I was getting nowhere. I recalled a presentation for a local podiatrist about his protocol for return. When I heard it, my first thought was this was just too conservative, but now I was ready to give a real account. To prep, I stopped running for two weeks to ease into the rehab. No pain but let's see what happens when we get after the protocol. Week 1 - 20 minutes brisk walking every other day. No pain and move to week 2.
Well, the result was good. I am stretching every day and on the non-brisk walk days enjoying the Nordictrack. Hello, 1990 called and wants it's home exercise equipment returned. This also included 3 rounds of golf walking (no carts fro me ever) but that's another blog post. So on to week 2 which consists of 20 minutes walking every other day with 1 minute light runs x 4. Today was day 1 - no pain! I can't begin to say how excited I am but there's a way to go.
For now, I'm sticking to the plan as challenging as it is. I'm doing it correctly because I yearn to get back to the roads and trails with no hurt. As we get older, we need to play things smarter. I haven't done that in the past but perhaps this old dog can learn a few new tricks.
Next post, let's talk some golf.
Stay healthy and safe but most importantly, keep moving.
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