happy healthy hippy
A blog following my Triple Pelvic Osteotomy in January 2016
So as Mr McBryde predicted during my 5 month follow up, I have started to plateau or at least slow down with my progress!
I am actually feeling great in the gym and can do a normal workout with minimal pain. I'm in a good routine now and have been getting up at 6am every day to spend half an hour or so on my Physio exercises. Then I've been going the gym 3 times a week for a couple of hours each time, usually this includes a Pilates/yoga/body balance class! In the gym, I've started doing weighted squats and lunges (static, dynamic forwards and backwards) and using the bosu ball for balance work with cables to challenge my core and trunk stability. The thing I'm finding frustrating is despite feeling almost normal during a workout, I still don't feel normal with my walking. Pottering about the flat and walking day to day around the department in work is absolutely fine... but any sort of distance (for example the 25 min walk home from work) where I want to pick up my pace, it feels awkward and unnatural. If I speed up too much, I'm aware that I'm walking more on my non-op leg and don't feel equal. My groin also pulls if I walk too fast. It's so frustrating as I feel I'm doing all the right things to work on my strength and stability but it's not helping my walking! Now if I put my Physio head on, I know that a reasonable explanation for my walking not feeling "right" is that my proprioception must still be reduced. Proprioception means my body's ability to sense change in joint movement/position. The proprioceptive system is made up of receptor nerves in the muscles, joints, ligaments, and tendons. The receptors detect change and send information to the brain which signals to the muscles to contract or relax. So for example, when you close your eyes, you maintain your balance by using your proprioception (and your vestibular system!) After my surgery, my Proprioception will have reduced due to injury to the soft tissues locally and also the receptors in my foot/ankle/knee won't have been getting the regular signals through weight bearing. In my 8.5 months of rehab so far, over half of that time I was using crutches and therefore not fully weight bearing. So I'm hopeful that another couple of months, I will see a big difference in my co-ordination and balance, which will in turn make my walking feel more "normal"! Now to finish with the good news, I saw Mr McBryde last week for my follow up and I am officially fully healed in terms of the pelvic cuts 🙌🏻 Hooray!! I told him about my groin pain when I walk fast and he said it could either be the known labral tear or irritation from the metalwork. He offered to repair the labrum when he takes the screws out next year however I've decided against that as it would be another 3/4+ month rehab, which I'm not ready for. In my head, I'm only just getting my life back and I've still got potential to get to full strength. So I'm going to have the metal out first to see if that helps, I guess it's a process of elimination! If I'm still getting pain further down the line, il have to sign up for a third surgery! 🙈 Andrea x
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