Back on the track (field)

I decided that it's time to update you guys on my recovery process. I started doing some more strenuous ankle mobility therapy around late August. It consisted of utilizing the BAPS board, doing some calf raises, cycling, and just trying to get back in running shape by slowly strengthening my leg and ankle again. By around October, I began jogging a lap or two around the track. Initially, my ankle was pretty stiff still, but I noticed a significant increase in my dorsiflexion compared to the beginning. When I felt more confident and comfortable with jogging, increased the length of my run to a mile. Then I slowly began running slightly faster. And now I'm doing some plyos, lifting, and running at 80-90% speed once in a while. Hopefully I've included the important details of my healing process. If I've left anything out, or you got any questions, comment on any posts or email me. Also, if you'd like to see the physical therapy exercises that my doctor had me doing, let me know and I can post videos of them on here.

Last Post

Haven't been able to post anything because I got busy with summer class and traveling! Anyways, gonna make this my last post before I get busy again with school. Here's a snapshot of my X-Ray, ankle range of motion exercises, incision site care, and my foot at last.

Oh yeah, I'm completely off crutches & walking now. It basically took me about 2 1/2 weeks to start walking. Now I just gotta work my way up to jogging, running, then sprinting.

Before: After:

Day 11+12

I've been doing my exercises, still on crutches though. Ankle is still pretty stiff, tight, and sore. Not to mention, swollen as well. Just continuing to ice and elevate.

Day 9+10

Day 9: I stayed up till 5 AM Wednesday night writing a paper, so I was mainly extremely tired throughout day 9. Don't recall having much pain or soreness. Tried some ankle exercises, my ankle was very stiff (it still is).
Day 10: Not much pain, toes were still swollen so I continued to keep feet elevated above my hips and iced.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not wrap your bandage too tight. I accidentally wrapped it too tight after my shower, and I couldn't figure out why my ankle was in more pain than usual, till I unwrapped it. It hurt like a bitch.

Day 7 + 8

Sorry I couldn't write anything for day 7 because I had really bad menstrual cramps since the morning till night. Anyways, yesterday my stomach cramps hurt way more than my ankle so the pain wasn't that great. Today (day 8) is a lot less painful, I still get that weird blood rushing pressure/tightness feeling. I honestly don't know how to describe the feeling in a precise word, but pressure/tight/pulling are what it feels like.
[UPDATE] So I went to see my doc, and he said everything is fine. He removed my splint+dressing+stitches, and there was minimal drainage. Turns out that the tightness and sore symptoms were all normal. He said I can now wet the incision site when I shower, just no baths or anything like that. That is because you don't want the steri-strips to come off easily. My doctor also gave me some ankle range of motion exercises to do, and he said that I can slowly start weight bearing. He mentioned that it's fine if I am still dependent on my crutches for another week; after all, it's only been one week since the operation.

Day 6

The incision site is starting to sting a little. I'm also not sure if it's drainage, but the inside of the dressing is feeling a little wet. I can't really see if it is drainage though, because the dressing is covering everything up... Anyways, the painful pulling/tight/pressure feeling inside the back of my ankle is still slightly there whenever I bring my foot down. Good news is, swelling went down a lot compared to previous. Color of my foot is looking alright too, I'll post a pic soon.

Day 5

Woke up with no pain, but the same pulling and tight feeling came back once I stood up. I am assuming that it has to do with the blood rushing down my leg through my ankle into my foot. It continuously hurt whenever I put my foot down. I should probably mention that I haven't been taken my medicine, but I just decided to start taking them again. I take Mortrin by the way. It's basically an 800mg Ibuprofen. The pain became a little more minimal, but it's still there. (Only occurs when I bring my foot down from an elevated position).