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hey there HamishOur injuries are some what very similar. even the approach the doctors took in repairing my damaged knee. although mine doc didnt want to do the ACL until there was sign of Nerve muscle response. mainly for the reason that if my nerve didnt come back i would have now need for an ACL. docotors logic and less work for him i guess. it was very painful at the begining stages of the injury.....from reading up on pherphrial nerve damage the shocks and tingling are supposed to be a part of the degeneration process. you be very hyper sensetive to the point that another person can shock you by just laying there hands over your injured nerve. hows your recovery coming ? i just started to get my functions back i jan-feb....i started to get eversion back(5months after injury)then in july august i started to regain my dorsi flexion and now have 85 degrees of flexion compared to 103 on my good foot. my last input was wrong for my good foot.the main thing is to keep your Tibialas Anterior muscle awake by stimulating it with a neuro muscle stim. and just practice using your your bodies natural retractiong phase as a tool for pulling your foot and toes up. what i mean by this is ....if you already know then exuse the rest of this. when you pull your toes down past its original or natrual position it automatically retracts when you release.once you release try and pull up like you normally would using your bodies natural retraction.Keep your head up and stay focused Good luck in the RecoveryAmdre
Hi all Amber here, thanks for your supportive messages.Went to see consultant today not met him before so insisted!! His opening words were " dont know why you are under my care I deal with arms! This was after 3 hour wait to see him, he did not even look at my leg, said I can get some improvement in pos 2 years , said to have pysio but I feel I need help such as occupational therapy to help with practical things to keep me safe at home. Oh and EDB is a muscle!! Left voicemail with differant departments when I got home but in morning I am definately going to get on phone and ask to see someone who will tell me whats what! Thing I want to know is do I have hope of driving my normal car or is that the bit that wont get better. Take care all
Hi Amdre,From your recent posts it looks like you are doing well after your ACL reconstruction. Tell me are you still wearing a brace or have you got rid of that now. My rehab from the PLC recontruction is going pretty well and I am now able to walk without crutches and am going to the gym twice a day. Its only 5 monutes walk from my house so its very convenient. I still have to wear my brace all the time and feel a bit of a freak at the gym. I am doing leg presses, albeit with very little weight loaded, and have managed this week to pedal properly on the static bike. My leg looks horrible as it is very skinny but I can feel the strength building all the time.I have been doing the toe bends to keep the Tibialas Anterior muscle active as you suggested. My foot is still numb and with no dorsiflexion and eversion. You started to get something back after 5 months so it will be a while yet before I hopefully see something. Still getting the nerve pain in my foot. I see my OS on 22nd November so will find out them when they plan to do my ACL recon and I want to get more info on the nerve damage as I have not had any test to see if the nerve is doing anything.Cheers HamishHey Hamish,To start its good to hear things are going well with your PCL recovery and i know exactly how feel as i have half a leg as well from the atrophy that has taken place in the quad.In answer to your question , no i dont wear any braces at the moment....as i move into the three months post-op stage i will be fitted for a knee brace for active sport. the reason for that is i chose not to wear my afo because once i go range of motion it would restrict me from goine past 90 degrees it would just keep my foot locked..and i didnt feel that i would progress so i got rid of it...and practice walking in a mirror and practice lifting it past the steppage gait on stairs.i have full ROM and i look as if i can walk normally but the foot still lacks power in the EHL(extensor hallicus longus) and the ED(extensor digitorum and brevis muscles) which we are working on with the toes and foot excersises i had listed before. You should schedule an EMG test just to see exactly how much damage has occured and get an approximate time frame. Also i think the toe bends excersise is for improving the strength in yor toes....wen i had no movment (dorsi flexion or eversion) we used a N.E.M.S unit for stimulate the non responsive muscle.(our therapists felt that as long as it is getting a signal it will stay wake) and for the pain i was given a T.E.N.S unit i didnt use it much cause i didnt feel it was helping. keep us posted on your OS results and your test for nerve condutivity.keep progressing.Andre