happy healthy hippy
A blog following my Triple Pelvic Osteotomy in January 2016
I'm definitely getting stronger 💪🏻 I've been pushing my walking and getting outside most days, I feel I've made a lot of progress recently and hit some new milestones.
Sunday, Andy took me to a swimming pool! I rang beforehand and they said we could use the poolside disabled changing room, and so it was just a case of hobbling with Andy's support to the steps. I loved it. I did lots of walking - it's amazing that I can ditch the crutches in the water and feel almost normal! I also was able to spend longer on all my hydro exercises and finished off with a few lengths using a pull buoy float! I felt invigorated! Monday, I set a new personal record of over 7,000 steps in a day (on my crutches of course!) - I was zonked by the end of it! I'm averaging about 2,000 however so that was a one off. My greatest achievement so far though has been having a shower stood up! The past week, I had started using the bath board on my own but yesterday, it just felt like the right time to stand. I was beaming afterwards, I didn't realise it would feel so good until it happened! Life's little luxuries that I'm sure we often take for granted! I also had a land based physio appointment yesterday! I practiced "reciprocal gait" - basically alternating the crutches to facilitate a normal walking pattern with forward momentum, similar to the action of swinging arms. This felt a lot tougher! I did some gentle cycling on a stationary bike with low resistance - just for 2 minutes but it was comfortable. My physio also stretched out my hip flexors, which I'll admit I was nervous about because this always seemed to flare my hip up pre op. Afterwards, i had some twinges/sharp pain in my groin, similar to pre op (which I always associated with the labral tear) but as we tried lots of new things, it's difficult to know what irritated it. I was a bit upset because it was the first time I had experienced any pain reminiscent of my pre op symptoms! However, today I put my physio head on and thought what would I tell my patient in this situation. I would say, it's still so early in the rehab, the surgery has fixed the bony problem, however it will take a long time to get the strength back and correct all the muscular issues in order to offload the labral tear and settle it down. Take each day as it comes. Back in patient mode, I'm feeling reassured haha! Again, something Mr McBryde previously told me has all of a sudden made sense. Talking about the 6-12 week period, he said "You'll wonder why you had the operation." Now i certainly don't have regrets but I realise that some doubts along this road to recovery are expected! Andrea X
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