Re: thanks..
Posted by Bill on 12/05/98
An Aircast is a removable cast that has 4 air pockets that can be inflated. There are apparently two types, one is a splint the other a foot cast. I am in the foot cast. I wear my insert inside for the support. The podiatrist told me that he will evaluate me every three weeks. He feels that at 6 weeks I can stop wearing it during the day, but will continue to wear for up to six months at night. I plan to ease back into walking and start at .25 mile and increase .25 mile a week till I am back to doing a mile to a 1.5 mile, about 20 to 35 minutes for me. I have come to realize also that I need the support of a cane to relieve some of the pressure off my heel, especially walking more than around the house. I have a LEKI cane, their WEB site states that walking sticks reduce stress up to 250 tons of accumulated stress on knees over a 8 hour period.My biggest frustration was realizing I had symptoms for the past 20 years. If I had been bit smarter I would have realized that really “sore feet” could be a sigh for other things.
slip-32-100-58-217.tx.us.ibm.net 11:19:30
Follow Ups To This Message: