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I don't understand how you wimmenz do this.
A friend of mine popped his Achilles’ tendon playing pickle ball at the end April. They fitted him with a shimmed boot that started as high heel that was gradually lowered over the course of six to eight weeks. He said the first few weeks were a royal pita because of the forced high heel 24/7. Although pretty much healed now he is still in physio. He says it is still difficult to land on that foot when he jumps.
Elbows up!
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I don't understand how you wimmenz do this.
A friend of mine popped his Achilles’ tendon playing pickle ball at the end April. They fitted him with a shimmed boot that started as high heel that was gradually lowered over the course of six to eight weeks. He said the first few weeks were a royal pita because of the forced high heel 24/7. Although pretty much healed now he is still in physio. He says it is still difficult to land on that foot when he jumps.
I don't understand how you wimmenz do this.
A friend of mine popped his Achilles’ tendon playing pickle ball at the end April. They fitted him with a shimmed boot that started as high heel that was gradually lowered over the course of six to eight weeks. Although pretty much healed now he is still in physio. He says it is still difficult to land on that foot when he jumps.
So did he feel sexy in that high-heeled boot?
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I don't understand how you wimmenz do this.
A friend of mine popped his Achilles’ tendon playing pickle ball at the end April. They fitted him with a shimmed boot that started as high heel that was gradually lowered over the course of six to eight weeks. Although pretty much healed now he is still in physio. He says it is still difficult to land on that foot when he jumps.
So did he feel sexy in that high-heeled boot?
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I don't understand how you wimmenz do this.
A friend of mine popped his Achilles’ tendon playing pickle ball at the end April. They fitted him with a shimmed boot that started as high heel that was gradually lowered over the course of six to eight weeks. He said the first few weeks were a royal pita because of the forced high heel 24/7. Although pretty much healed now he is still in physio. He says it is still difficult to land on that foot when he jumps.
popped his Achilles’ tendon
I severed my left Achilles tendon in an industrial accident back in 1974. It needed surgical repair.
I spent 8 weeks in a walking cast with a "toe down" position. Then, another 8 weeks with a 1 inch heel on my left shoe. Then, another 8 weeks with a ½" insert in the heel of my shoe.
Here's the interesting part(s).
When my back was acting up, I went to a chiropractor. This was after appropriate diagnostics and visits with a neurosurgeon. He did an exam and watched me walk. He asked, "Did you ever injure your foot or lower leg? I wonder because you walk 'crooked.'"
When I started riding Simon, I rode "hunt seat." The whole idea is to push your heels down into the stirrup, with the heel of your foot being lower than the ball of your foot which rests on the stirrup. Until I explained my injury, my teacher never understood why I could lower my right heel, but not my left.
Now that I'm taking lessons that are not "hunt seat," my instructor commented that my left (injured) foot has a better position than my right foot.
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popped his Achilles’ tendon
I severed my left Achilles tendon in an industrial accident back in 1974. It needed surgical repair.
I spent 8 weeks in a walking cast with a "toe down" position. Then, another 8 weeks with a 1 inch heel on my left shoe. Then, another 8 weeks with a ½" insert in the heel of my shoe.
Here's the interesting part(s).
When my back was acting up, I went to a chiropractor. This was after appropriate diagnostics and visits with a neurosurgeon. He did an exam and watched me walk. He asked, "Did you ever injure your foot or lower leg? I wonder because you walk 'crooked.'"
When I started riding Simon, I rode "hunt seat." The whole idea is to push your heels down into the stirrup, with the heel of your foot being lower than the ball of your foot which rests on the stirrup. Until I explained my injury, my teacher never understood why I could lower my right heel, but not my left.
Now that I'm taking lessons that are not "hunt seat," my instructor commented that my left (injured) foot has a better position than my right foot.
Then you know what the toe boot is all about.
He said that when it popped it just popped, no pain. He just couldn’t walk and knew right away what had happened. Earlier he had told the coach that he didn’t think the warm up exercises and stretching was sufficient and offered to put to together a warm up routine the coach could use. The latter at first refused but has now agreed that perhaps my friend was right and would be willing to implement whatever recommendations he can offer.
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Then you know what the toe boot is all about.
He said that when it popped it just popped, no pain. He just couldn’t walk and knew right away what had happened. Earlier he had told the coach that he didn’t think the warm up exercises and stretching was sufficient and offered to put to together a warm up routine the coach could use. The latter at first refused but has now agreed that perhaps my friend was right and would be willing to implement whatever recommendations he can offer.
@Renauda I was working in a factory that made stainless steel tubing. The stainless steel was delivered on a huge coil (about 5 ft in diameter). It was unrolled, and pulled up into the mill where a series of rollers would shape it into a tube and it would be welded on the fly.
Then it would be cut to rough length and the plebs would finish-cut, de-burr the ends and put them into a crate for shipping.
One day, after lunch, I stepped over the moving strip of stainless steel with my left foot. The mill pulled the moving strip up as I stepped over, and I hit it with my right toe, causing the strip to slice into my left Achilles tendon.
I limped across the shop floor, not knowing what had happened, other than I tripped and fell. I sat down and started working, and after about 10 seconds, I realized that my leg was aching. I pulled my jeans up and saw that I had cut into my sock and into my left Achilles tendon. It wasn't until I pulled my sock off and saw two shiny ends of tendon looking at me that I knew I was in trouble.
Surgery that afternoon....
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@Renauda I was working in a factory that made stainless steel tubing. The stainless steel was delivered on a huge coil (about 5 ft in diameter). It was unrolled, and pulled up into the mill where a series of rollers would shape it into a tube and it would be welded on the fly.
Then it would be cut to rough length and the plebs would finish-cut, de-burr the ends and put them into a crate for shipping.
One day, after lunch, I stepped over the moving strip of stainless steel with my left foot. The mill pulled the moving strip up as I stepped over, and I hit it with my right toe, causing the strip to slice into my left Achilles tendon.
I limped across the shop floor, not knowing what had happened, other than I tripped and fell. I sat down and started working, and after about 10 seconds, I realized that my leg was aching. I pulled my jeans up and saw that I had cut into my sock and into my left Achilles tendon. It wasn't until I pulled my sock off and saw two shiny ends of tendon looking at me that I knew I was in trouble.
Surgery that afternoon....
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I think men aren't in the position to make fun of unhealthy behavior.
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