Posted on Mar 9, 2024, 8:17 am
#141
Same I would like to know if everything is ok.
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Dr. Alexander Kirienko (Milan, Italy) - Ilizarov Tibia
Posted on Mar 15, 2024, 3:38 pm
#142
Hello
I tried to join the forum but it was offline for some reason? Now is back up.
Things are not going well with my equinus. He says he has seen worse cases that recovered, but I need to keep a tight shoe that pushes my feet in dorsiflection, day and night. I can't stand the pain from I think some callouses that formed on the soles of my feet, but he said that If I can't do it he will need to to ATL. He prefers not to do ATL because he says it's "traumatic"?
I told him maybe it's better to go back 1cm to when my equinus started but was somewhat manageable, but he again said it's better to try with the shoe and a lot of standing since usually people recover from this.
In this last month I saw some progress. I can again walk a bit every day, but it's exhausting because of the equinus. Wearing a 5cm lifts helps but not too much and my PT says that if I use lifts then my achille tendon will never stretch.
Tomorrow I will have another appointment. I think he will finally tell me if I need to keep pushing with rehab or I need to do ATL.
If I need to do ATL I hope it will go well and not like some users on this forum.
I will let you know.
If I manage to fix the equinus without surgery would be fantastic but it's hard, really hard. Basically you can't stand with both ballerina feet. I thought you could before the surgery, reading this forum, but it's not my case. Standing up and walking without the full support of your feet is the hardest thing so far.
EDIT: at least it looks like there is not more procurvatum. Legs look straight from the rx. Bone callus is forming well.
I tried to join the forum but it was offline for some reason? Now is back up.
Things are not going well with my equinus. He says he has seen worse cases that recovered, but I need to keep a tight shoe that pushes my feet in dorsiflection, day and night. I can't stand the pain from I think some callouses that formed on the soles of my feet, but he said that If I can't do it he will need to to ATL. He prefers not to do ATL because he says it's "traumatic"?
I told him maybe it's better to go back 1cm to when my equinus started but was somewhat manageable, but he again said it's better to try with the shoe and a lot of standing since usually people recover from this.
In this last month I saw some progress. I can again walk a bit every day, but it's exhausting because of the equinus. Wearing a 5cm lifts helps but not too much and my PT says that if I use lifts then my achille tendon will never stretch.
Tomorrow I will have another appointment. I think he will finally tell me if I need to keep pushing with rehab or I need to do ATL.
If I need to do ATL I hope it will go well and not like some users on this forum.
I will let you know.
If I manage to fix the equinus without surgery would be fantastic but it's hard, really hard. Basically you can't stand with both ballerina feet. I thought you could before the surgery, reading this forum, but it's not my case. Standing up and walking without the full support of your feet is the hardest thing so far.
EDIT: at least it looks like there is not more procurvatum. Legs look straight from the rx. Bone callus is forming well.
Posted on Mar 17, 2024, 2:50 pm
#143
Quote from: Hobbit99 on March 15, 2024, 03:38:45 PMHello
I tried to join the forum but it was offline for some reason? Now is back up.
Things are not going well with my equinus. He says he has seen worse cases that recovered, but I need to keep a tight shoe that pushes my feet in dorsiflection, day and night. I can't stand the pain from I think some callouses that formed on the soles of my feet, but he said that If I can't do it he will need to to ATL. He prefers not to do ATL because he says it's "traumatic"?
I told him maybe it's better to go back 1cm to when my equinus started but was somewhat manageable, but he again said it's better to try with the shoe and a lot of standing since usually people recover from this.
In this last month I saw some progress. I can again walk a bit every day, but it's exhausting because of the equinus. Wearing a 5cm lifts helps but not too much and my PT says that if I use lifts then my achille tendon will never stretch.
Tomorrow I will have another appointment. I think he will finally tell me if I need to keep pushing with rehab or I need to do ATL.
If I need to do ATL I hope it will go well and not like some users on this forum.
I will let you know.
If I manage to fix the equinus without surgery would be fantastic but it's hard, really hard. Basically you can't stand with both ballerina feet. I thought you could before the surgery, reading this forum, but it's not my case. Standing up and walking without the full support of your feet is the hardest thing so far.
EDIT: at least it looks like there is not more procurvatum. Legs look straight from the rx. Bone callus is forming well.
Sei una cazzo di roccia, si può tornare indietro con l'allungamento?
Posted on Mar 17, 2024, 5:35 pm
#144
Quote from: peter07 on March 17, 2024, 02:50:45 PMSei una cazzo di roccia, si può tornare indietro con l'allungamento?
Si si può ma me lo ha sconsigliato.
Posted on Mar 17, 2024, 5:40 pm
#145
I'm happy to say that the doctor said my feet are much better now. He says I won't have to do ATL because my soft tissues are very flexible.
He said I need a bit of more effort and patience (but he didn't say how much time) and I will recover from ballerina without surgery.
For now, he said I need to walk with high shoes and lifts. This will relax the posterior muscles of the leg and somewhat will also help to stretch the achille tendon even if I can't understand why.
Until now I didn't use lifts because my pt said that with lifts my tendon would never stretch. The doctor said that walking on tip toes is actually worse because it worsen the contracture (?). I didn't understand the reasoning, but I'll trust and follow what he says no matter what my pt thinks.
I'll buy some tall shoes and start to walk with them and hope that I will be back to normal in some months.
He said I need a bit of more effort and patience (but he didn't say how much time) and I will recover from ballerina without surgery.
For now, he said I need to walk with high shoes and lifts. This will relax the posterior muscles of the leg and somewhat will also help to stretch the achille tendon even if I can't understand why.
Until now I didn't use lifts because my pt said that with lifts my tendon would never stretch. The doctor said that walking on tip toes is actually worse because it worsen the contracture (?). I didn't understand the reasoning, but I'll trust and follow what he says no matter what my pt thinks.
I'll buy some tall shoes and start to walk with them and hope that I will be back to normal in some months.
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