This injury sucks...
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\"bowhunter\" said:My rib is feeling pretty good just a dull ache. It only gets fired up when I do things I shouldn\'t do. :lol: It is hard for me to take it easy. Too much work to get done. I leave in 2 days
I hope you are healing Roman.....
Good luck Terry and just make sure you don\'t do things you shouldn\'t will in the high country.... :upthumb: :upthumb: :upthumb:
Terry, hope your rib healed up!
So, On the 22nd of Aug, the Dr. said everything was healing well and I could start taking the boot off for an hour a day and then go at a slow pace. I was to gradually work up walking, weights and onto more cardio/weight work - working at my own pace and paying attention to my body.
That evening we had a pregnancy photo shoot for my wife at a local lake. I took the boot off and walked without for 1.5hrs. Well, it was hurting pretty good halfway through and was hurting badly that night. It was about 70% of the pain I felt when I first injured it 4 weeks prior. I was freaking out that night, as it took me 4 weeks to get 30% better and my goat hunt is scheduled in 3 weeks for Sept 15th. I couldn\'t comprehend how I could get it done with the pain I was in. I thought that night I may have damaged it from that short walk. The next day I called and scheduled an MRI, which took a few days for insurance to approve.
On the 24th, my wife delivered our little girl, Kailani Alessandra. The next few days the pain subsided a bit, but was still lingering. It didn\'t feel like it was torn, but I was still concerned with what was going on with it. At home with the baby I kept the walking boot off, it still was hurting and I was still wondering how I would be able to hunt. I was concerned that I wouldn\'t be able to control how much I flexation I would be able to control hiking in goat country. I was thinking I would for sure injure it if it stretched too much or too fast on some impacts on the steep slopes. My wife said to hire an outfitter if I couldn\'t walk, so that was really cool, but $5.5k was too much for that option, but a last resort if needed.
So, racking my brain, I figured I felt fairly good in the walking boot, so how could I implement that on the hunt? I ordered the largest walking boot I could find. My thoughts are to remove the fabric in the walking boot, as well as the foot-bed padding. I will put my mountaineering boot on and then put it in this large walking boot and strap in. It will take me a while to walk in, but I should be able to do it. I also bought some XL Kahtoola Microspikes to go over my mountaineering boot and the walking boot. This will give me traction when on the side slopes. I also exchanged my moose archery tag for a rifle tag. This would give me a little bit more time to heal (as the rifle season starts Oct 1st), and I will be able to hunt the moose with my archery equipment during the rifle season.
Last Tuesday I was scheduled for the MRI. Two days prior to that it was like a flick of a switch and all the pain went away. I couldn\'t believe I felt no pain - it was remarkable. So, I started going to the gym and doing light walking on the treadmill and elliptical trainers. I worked on free weights with squats and hamstring work. I started light and at low grades in order not to re-injure the Achilles; and I would ice it after working out and a few more times during the day. I built up to Smith machine squats, rowing machines and the Versa Climber. Yesterday I decided to push fairly hard to see how I would hold up. I did 10 minutes on the rower and 10 minutes on the versa climber at about 90-100% of the pace I did before the injury occurred. Then hit the weights and everything felt great.
Today I met with the Dr. for the review of the radiologists analysis. I told the Dr. how good I felt and what I had been building up to at the gym. He said that is what he expected after his review of the MRI results, as everything was healing perfectly and he saw no setbacks. I brought the XL walking boot, my mountaineering boots and told him my plan. He said he never thought to do anything like that, and that it was a great idea. But, he said I shouldn\'t even need to use that walking boot with the way my Achilles is healing. We agreed I should bring it just in case, since I will be packing in 5-6 miles. I think that it hurt so bad after I started using it since it was immobile for 4 weeks and it just wasn\'t used to being worked. My left calf has atrophied a bit, but I\'ll get it back.
So, I\'m really happy that everything is looking great for me to head up next week for my archery mountain goat hunt. This weekend I will hike into my moose unit, taking it slow and easy, and pull two trail cameras I set up in mid July. This will be my last training hike before my goat hunt next week, and everything has a positive hue. Thanks for all the good words and thoughts!
So, On the 22nd of Aug, the Dr. said everything was healing well and I could start taking the boot off for an hour a day and then go at a slow pace. I was to gradually work up walking, weights and onto more cardio/weight work - working at my own pace and paying attention to my body.
That evening we had a pregnancy photo shoot for my wife at a local lake. I took the boot off and walked without for 1.5hrs. Well, it was hurting pretty good halfway through and was hurting badly that night. It was about 70% of the pain I felt when I first injured it 4 weeks prior. I was freaking out that night, as it took me 4 weeks to get 30% better and my goat hunt is scheduled in 3 weeks for Sept 15th. I couldn\'t comprehend how I could get it done with the pain I was in. I thought that night I may have damaged it from that short walk. The next day I called and scheduled an MRI, which took a few days for insurance to approve.
On the 24th, my wife delivered our little girl, Kailani Alessandra. The next few days the pain subsided a bit, but was still lingering. It didn\'t feel like it was torn, but I was still concerned with what was going on with it. At home with the baby I kept the walking boot off, it still was hurting and I was still wondering how I would be able to hunt. I was concerned that I wouldn\'t be able to control how much I flexation I would be able to control hiking in goat country. I was thinking I would for sure injure it if it stretched too much or too fast on some impacts on the steep slopes. My wife said to hire an outfitter if I couldn\'t walk, so that was really cool, but $5.5k was too much for that option, but a last resort if needed.
So, racking my brain, I figured I felt fairly good in the walking boot, so how could I implement that on the hunt? I ordered the largest walking boot I could find. My thoughts are to remove the fabric in the walking boot, as well as the foot-bed padding. I will put my mountaineering boot on and then put it in this large walking boot and strap in. It will take me a while to walk in, but I should be able to do it. I also bought some XL Kahtoola Microspikes to go over my mountaineering boot and the walking boot. This will give me traction when on the side slopes. I also exchanged my moose archery tag for a rifle tag. This would give me a little bit more time to heal (as the rifle season starts Oct 1st), and I will be able to hunt the moose with my archery equipment during the rifle season.
Last Tuesday I was scheduled for the MRI. Two days prior to that it was like a flick of a switch and all the pain went away. I couldn\'t believe I felt no pain - it was remarkable. So, I started going to the gym and doing light walking on the treadmill and elliptical trainers. I worked on free weights with squats and hamstring work. I started light and at low grades in order not to re-injure the Achilles; and I would ice it after working out and a few more times during the day. I built up to Smith machine squats, rowing machines and the Versa Climber. Yesterday I decided to push fairly hard to see how I would hold up. I did 10 minutes on the rower and 10 minutes on the versa climber at about 90-100% of the pace I did before the injury occurred. Then hit the weights and everything felt great.
Today I met with the Dr. for the review of the radiologists analysis. I told the Dr. how good I felt and what I had been building up to at the gym. He said that is what he expected after his review of the MRI results, as everything was healing perfectly and he saw no setbacks. I brought the XL walking boot, my mountaineering boots and told him my plan. He said he never thought to do anything like that, and that it was a great idea. But, he said I shouldn\'t even need to use that walking boot with the way my Achilles is healing. We agreed I should bring it just in case, since I will be packing in 5-6 miles. I think that it hurt so bad after I started using it since it was immobile for 4 weeks and it just wasn\'t used to being worked. My left calf has atrophied a bit, but I\'ll get it back.
So, I\'m really happy that everything is looking great for me to head up next week for my archery mountain goat hunt. This weekend I will hike into my moose unit, taking it slow and easy, and pull two trail cameras I set up in mid July. This will be my last training hike before my goat hunt next week, and everything has a positive hue. Thanks for all the good words and thoughts!
cohunter14
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Good to hear Roman! Way to keep after it.
