One week down....

[ny biker]

Maybe start by just putting your foot flat on the floor while you're sitting down?

I know the process seems slow, but hang in there, you are making progress. I hope it heals well.

[rocknrollgirl]

I think I figured out what part of the problem is. When you have a boot on and you weight it. because the height is so different than your other leg you can evenly distribute. Last night went I went up to bed, I found a shoe, a Dansko clog that was even in height. It makes it much easier to stand and sort of gently weight my foot.

[OakLeaf]

Glad you're making progress!

I think the hesitancy is normal and probably healthy. Even a short time in a cast leads to a LOT of muscle atrophy, plus a lot of the proprioceptors live in the fascia, which will now have to find a completely different route around your foot than they did before your surgery. IME, doctors really tend to neglect the neuromuscular side of things. If it's not contraindicated, what I would be doing is a lot of non-weight-bearing movement of the foot and ankle, just to get your proprioceptors firing again, and accustomed to their new arrangement. Drawing the alphabet with each toe individually, that kind of thing.

[rocknrollgirl]

Thanks Oak for the advice. I have been wiggling my toes a lot since the cast came off and flexing my ankle. I will add in some alphabets ( while I am binge watching Sleepy Hollow)

[Sky King]

I stumbled across this thread and maybe I shouldn't have read it My neuroma surgery is the 28th and I keep telling myself two weeks and I will be on a strong road to recovery... I don't run but this time of year do a ton of walking as the roads are to icy biking. Having read this, I see the trainer is going to be my close buddy in February. Glad to hear you are "almost" clear

[rocknrollgirl]

You know what, truthfully, I am six weeks today and it has gone a lot fast than I thought. I was only really completely down for 3 weeks. And during those three weeks, I did not really feel like doing much anyway. I went in with a list of all the possible activities that I could do and had the doc say yes or no. Can I lift upper body? yes, when the cast come off. Can I do core work? yes...etc.

So if the trainer is your go to, embrace it. It will go faster than you think. I did not gain any weight and I mt biked with my normal comrades last w/e and they said they saw no difference in my fitness. I felt it, but hey, if they did not see it, who am I to argue!

good luck with your surgery, let us know how you make out.