I had my first physical therapy appointment today. While it wasn’t as much fun as what I had for my broken elbow, it wasn’t bad. Mostly it was the therapist telling me how far I could push my foot/ankle and that I should be pushing it.

She was impressed by my range of motion. I did good with taking care of my broken foot. But the advances I made in that regard seem to have cost in my overall conditioning. I was very worn out by what little we did. She suggests that it is because I went from mostly upright during the day to laying down a lot. My quick path to exhaustion seems to be more due to lack of conditioning than my healing foot emptying my reserves. Bah, I thought I was out of shape before the break and that moving around on the crutches would help. Phooey.

Verdict is that I should be down to one crutch as a back up support and trying to walk normally. I can see how a cane would be useful.

I can stand on the silly thing just fine. If I lock it up, I can walk on it just fine, I just use up a lot of energy. I can basicly walk normally on it but need to concentrate to be sure I actually use it instead of automatically locking up and to not twist as I go.

The swelling still needs some work. I have some compression tubes to help and I am suppose to ice it multiple times a day instead of the once a day sometimes that I have been doing.