Alrighty! 7 weeks post displaced rib fractures! Definitely done with that acute pain stage (first 2 weeks), doing a lot of hiking and bringing back in running, some light lifting, but still the ribs are not 100%. I'm not out of the woods yet. I can still feel it. I wonder if they are healing in alignment. I think at the 2 month mark (which is 9/25) I will probably get x-rays to see how they are healing. If not healing in alignment, probably need to get surgery to get them aligned. Displaced ribs are at risk of not healing in alignment.
I started to bring in light weight lifting about 4 weeks post ribs. Very light, like 10 pounds on some machines, more on others machines. No dead lifts or thrusters. That left me quite sore in the legs! You'd think I was majorly deconditioned already. However, during my past 7 weeks of ribs recovery, I have hiked the steepest and longest trails so far in ACL recovery! This shows me I still have my strength, maybe my knee is getting more adapted to hours of activity. New to my hiking is a little bit of trail jogging! If it's downhill/flat, non technical, and I'm up for it, I will run it. I long to run freely, I think about it a lot! Feels great to do something I used to do! It seems my tight tendon feels at its best when it has 3 hours of activity in the knee, like a long hike. Everything else will be really tired and whooped, but I feel the tight tendon the least during those times. Back when my PT gave me an 8 week running program, the time of running increments bumped up every 2 weeks. Starting with just 30 seconds of running, by the end of 8 weeks I was supposed to be running 90 seconds, with 2 min walk, repeat 8x. I was a little stuck at only 30 seconds, x8 for about 8 whole weeks before plantar fasciitis cropped up, then I broke my ribs. I couldn't advance because my weekend hiking was getting in the way and using up all the "knee budget." Finally, after 3 months from starting to run, I moved up to 60 seconds of running, x8! Now lets see if my knee can hand this 3x week for two weeks straight.
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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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