I finally made it to the last rehab stage! The plantar fascia issue delayed things about 2 months, but we're in it now. I've completed 8 weeks! 4 more weeks left! PF is not resolved, but it's currently at a point where it can handle the rehab demands.
I am thrilled to say the knee is handling all this quite well. I was so worried how it would do! I do have some extra fatigue in the legs, so going for a mountain bike ride after work at the beginning of the program was not really doable. Legs wanted to rest. Now at 8 weeks into the program, I can still go for a ski tour on the same day as rehab. There is lots of tempo work, fast twitch muscles work, rate of force development, etc. Legs are feeling strong and good. The Achilles did start to bark at me after increasing my volume and intensity of change of direction sprints, but it's starting to settle down. So the plan is to complete the last 4 weeks of this final ski conditioning phase. Then my PT will have me do some testing again - strength tests, hop tests, psychological readiness tests. Then we'll plan a segue into skiing approach. I've got my season pass already! I hope I can ski at least 2x a week to get things adapting, small dosages but frequent. So thrilled I am getting so close to downhill skiing!!!
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AuthorA 45 year old active female who tore her ACL in January 2017 (at the age of 40). Reconstructive surgery in February 2017 with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft. Archives
November 2022
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