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Surgery and afterwards - advice please
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A bit off forum (or even off website) however I have seen a fair degree of posts from people who have had / are having surgery and also the occasional post from someone in the medical profession so I am hoping there may be enough expertise here to answer my questions. I am having complex therapeutic arthroscopy of ankle, with multiple bony, joint surface and soft tissue procedures and possibly repair of tendon of foot - flexor. This is happening on 23 Feb, the day after I come back from skiing. This is a longstanding injury that has been giving me a lot of pain on and off for years and I've finally had enough. Any chance of sking before the end of the season again ? I have a general thing from the surgeon that says no sports for 3 months
which doesn't seem to suggest skiing before May is an option. However he did emphasise he was concerned about impact. What about cycling ? That's my summer sport and I was planning a big trip in the dolomites but if I'm inactive for 3 months then a) I will be fairly unfit and b) I will probably have put on a bit of weight. If I can't cycle until May then I won't be fit enough to do the event on July 5 as it's fairly demanding.
Thanks in advance for all the responses (I hope !)
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, Sounds pretty sophistocated stuff. Our local sugeon usually puts people in an aircast boot for 6 weeks (Or plaster if he cannot trust them!) non weight bearing, then weight bearing for another 6 weeks before unsupported activity at 3m. Gentle cycling etc from then on. Are you biking in the mountains - I would think you will find honking pretty uncomfortable for some while after May even. Running etc is a variable return but the websites advise that it can take a full year to return to previous levels of activity before injury. You should be doing some prehabilitation before your op to get muscles in tip top tone.
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Martin, Thanks. Yeah, plan to get as fit as I can in the next 6 weeks as I tend to get a bit chubby / unfit in autumn. The bike ride is all around the mountains - about 130km and 4000m of ascent. Curiously there are 3 options (this is the longest) but the smallest is actually the Sella Ronda. The only time I've actually skied and cycled the same route.
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not an orthopod or a physio but recom that 1 month to get fit post procedure is pushing it a bit. May have to just suck it up and prepare for next season?? sorry
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, If your worried about getting fitness back then use the simple guide that for every week of inactivity you lose roughly 3 weeks of training so it you may be able to calculate how long it will take to get your fitness back up to pre surgery level.
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which doesn't seem to suggest skiing before May is an option. However he did emphasise he was concerned about impact. What about cycling ? That's my summer sport and I was planning a big trip in the dolomites but if I'm inactive for 3 months then a) I will be fairly unfit and b) I will probably have put on a bit of weight. If I can't cycle until May then I won't be fit enough to do the event on July 5 as it's fairly demanding.
