Can anybody share their experiences with me on their ankle injury? Most of what I've read only tells what to do immediately after an injury, but I'm not finding a whole lot of advice on the long-term
Slipped on ice 1/30/08, wasn't mobile for a week after the injury. (Xrays were taken at the ER ruling out any breaks).
Saw my DPN 3/6/08 after recovery plateued, and he prescribed a lace-up brace and aquatic physical therapy.
Didn't do the aquatic therapy because I'm quite obese and didn't want to get in a swimsuit (I know!), but I wor the brace consistently.
In June when nothing was inproving, DPN prescribed land-based therapy and have been doing that since. With no improvement in the land therapy and home exercises (and quite a bit of pain), I gave into aquatic therapy. After 6 sessions, I'm still not seeing any improvement.
Looooooong story short.....it's going on 7 months, and I haven't seen any improvements in recovery past the first week after the major swelling and bruising went down.
I know weight plays some factor, but the therapist insists there should still be some improvement by now.
Where do I go from here?!?!?!
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