Suitable non-impact exercises for

roseagra

...OCL (Osteochondral Lesion) of the talus, medial aspect, with underlying bone marrow edema

Just got results back from MRI last Monday and waiting to see ortho (no idea how long that will be...)

In the mean time what exercise can I do? Spoke briefly to my physio, no jogging, light walking only, said light biking should be ok too (bloody bike stolen a month ago!); wondering if I could use a rower as I've heard there is a new fit to row class starting near by soon?

Not a member of a gym at the moment (and just got a new dog, what a time to have this happen!) but wondering what strength training I could do. Had been doing some basic over all work for general fitness and weight loss, want to continue in the same vein. All ideas of 1/2 marathon are out the window now.

Also anyone else out there with same injury how has it gone for you?

Regards

cc87

What your physio said to do?

roseagra

Physio said no more jogging for now, light walking, light biking, basically nothing high impact - I'm just wondering that if it's ok for me to do light biking would it be ok to use a rowing machine - I'm guessing swimming would be a good idea too

Also anyone have enough knowledge of kayaking as to how much you use your ankle joint when paddling?

And looking for ideas for upper body workout that won't affect the ankle joint

Thanks

Lago

Surely going to a trained professional, getting advice off them and then asking for advice on forum from people who haven't got a degree in this stuff and don't know you personally kind of defeats the purpose of paying the professional?

roseagra

I have spoken to the physio but wanted to pick other peoples brains for more ideas....surely nothing wrong with that, not like I've just popped on here without consulting professionals....i.e. both GP and physio

rainbowtrout

roseagra wrote: »

I have spoken to the physio but wanted to pick other peoples brains for more ideas....surely nothing wrong with that, not like I've just popped on here without consulting professionals....i.e. both GP and physio

ya but nobody is going to go against the advice your physio has given you. Why don't you ask them for a more comprehensive list of exercises you can do or follow the ones that were suggested?

cc87

roseagra wrote: »

I have spoken to the physio but wanted to pick other peoples brains for more ideas....surely nothing wrong with that, not like I've just popped on here without consulting professionals....i.e. both GP and physio

theres nothing wrong with that.....unless you go away and do exercises which were not recommended by the physio and then you dont recover and end up with a chronic injury which im sure will be down to the physio being bad


An example would be........i know very little about your injury, but you said swimming would be a good idea. Now what I do know is that your injury can have something to do with cartilage. Swimming will cause you to plantar flex (point toes away from you) due to the movement through the water, which probably is not a good thing for you to do right now.

You physio probably suggested those exercises not only due to the low impact nature but also the lack of movement at the ankle joint.

I would suggest you go away read up on your condition and then go back to your physio with a list of questions to ask.

Burkatron

roseagra wrote: »

I'm just wondering that if it's ok for me to do light biking would it be ok to use a rowing machine

They're 2 totally different excercises! You'll be compressing the ankle as you push away for rowing & there will be too much ankle movement overall! Your physio would've recommended rowing if it wasn't contraindicated (at a guess anyway)

roseagra wrote: »

I'm guessing swimming would be a good idea too

As CC87 said It will cause too much movement in the ankle! Ask your physio about taping your ankles for swimming. If this is a no, then ask about strapping your ankle strapping your legs together on a Pull Buoy where you can focus on your upper body only! (B is a better option in my opinion as swimming with strapped ankles with no pull buoy is horrible)

roseagra

Thanks for the feedback, I did wonder about the different movement with the rowing machine; at the moment I'm looking for ideas so when I speak to the physio again we can have a more detailed discussion - the more I know the better we can thrash things out

If he's recommended walking then I can't see there being a big issue with plantar flexion but I'll confirm that before I head off doing anything - he did say nothing that would cause rolling of the joint from side to side (inversion or eversion)

Now to try to find what the waiting times are like for the ortho around Limerick....

thanks