sebboh wrote:
carstenw wrote
How is your ankle doing, btw? recovery appears to be going well. i'm allowed to walk around reasonably normally in a boot now. my surgeon wants me to continue wearing a boot forever to prevent any chance of ever reinjuring it and my physical therapist thinks i should get rid of the boot and start weight training…
Hah, so much for expensive educations, eh? They can't even agree on a basic approach.
I have heard of this schism before. The one side thinks that peace and calm lets everything heal up nicely and that too much motion will cause further damage. The other side thinks that the body adjusts the healing to the requirements, i.e. how much power is needed to handle what you throw at it.
I was in a motorcycle accident a few decades ago, and my ankle got trapped between the bike and the truck, and my ligaments got stretched the hell out of. I wore a cast for 5 or 6 weeks, and when my foot came out again, it was stiff beyond belief. I still don't have the full range of motion back. I wish that I had gone the other way back then, but probably some compromise path would be prudent.
I have heard that pro sports therapists get their clients back on the feet as quickly as possible, but I don't know if they are planning long term, or just another couple of years of a pro sports career.