7wk post op conventional PF surgery, good results
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Posted by Lyn on May 02, 1998 at 21:55:22:
At seven weeks post op with conventional PF surgery, I am back in tennis shoes, with orthotics, and walking with absolutely NO pain. My foot hasn't been this pain free for years! I have been stretching twice a day, I use a foot massager that has rollers, I massage the scar with baby oil with aloe, and I would do it all over again. I wasn't so sure while I was lounging around for 3 weeks and hopping on one foot with crutches those 3 weeks, but I can now say it was worth it and if my other foot gets bad again, I would do it in a heart beat.I think the key is the time I was off the foot with no weight bearing. My doctor says it keeps the scar tissue from forming which is what causes the problems afterwards. I'm convinced. It was hard to stay patient and do as I was instructed, but it did work. In one more week I will be able to start exercising again. But no treadmill. He says it's too hard. So I'll start slowly outside, and work up to the treadmill in a month or so. Eight weeks to recover seemed like a long time when I had surgery, but it has gone pretty quickly, and when you consider that I suffered for over 2 years before surgery, then 8 weeks is nothing. LYN
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