Comments for TheSabins.com http://thesabins.com Those Crazy Sabins... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:34:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 Comment on Brace Yourself by Rachel http://thesabins.com/2010/01/15/brace-yourself/#comment-5159 Rachel Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:41:52 +0000 http://thesabins.com/?p=1023#comment-5159 Jessie, It's always great to hear from a fellow boarder. Sounds like your feet are screwed up very similarly to mine. I'm sorry. At least you are on your way to recovery and by next season you should be boarding again with ease. Good luck and get feeling better soon! Jessie,

It’s always great to hear from a fellow boarder. Sounds like your feet are screwed up very similarly to mine. I’m sorry. At least you are on your way to recovery and by next season you should be boarding again with ease.

Good luck and get feeling better soon!

]]> Comment on Brace Yourself by Jessie http://thesabins.com/2010/01/15/brace-yourself/#comment-5133 Jessie Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:04:41 +0000 http://thesabins.com/?p=1023#comment-5133 Hi, I stumbled across your blog - and so glad I did! My snowboarding season was cut early this year... I am week 4 post-op peroneal repair surgery. Sounds very similar to you - used to be very active but was limited after this injury 2 years ago. I also have high arches and am an ankle-roller. Thankfully my husband is the biggest sweetheart in taking care of me. Thanks so much for posting about your experiences. I have at least 2 more weeks with crutches *ugh*...but if I'm at the spot where you are at in a year, I'll be so happy. Jessie Hi,
I stumbled across your blog - and so glad I did! My snowboarding season was cut early this year… I am week 4 post-op peroneal repair surgery. Sounds very similar to you - used to be very active but was limited after this injury 2 years ago. I also have high arches and am an ankle-roller. Thankfully my husband is the biggest sweetheart in taking care of me.
Thanks so much for posting about your experiences. I have at least 2 more weeks with crutches *ugh*…but if I’m at the spot where you are at in a year, I’ll be so happy.
Jessie

]]> Comment on The Ridiculousness of Crutches by Rachel http://thesabins.com/2008/09/14/the-ridiculousness-of-crutches/#comment-5010 Rachel Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:40:14 +0000 http://thesabins.com/?p=242#comment-5010 Lisa, I'm so sorry you are having issues with nerve pain. I had some problems with that as well about 3 or 4 weeks after surgery - man did it hurt! Did you have surgery or just break your leg? If you had surgery then experiencing nerve pain is quite normal for the first month or two - unfortunately. But as you become more mobile it should improve and go away. If you were on crutches due to a break and are experiencing nerve pain now I'm not sure what to tell you. I completely avoided resting the crutches in my armpits. I adjusted my crutches to be shorter and solely used the muscles in my arms to work them. It took a lot more effort but I didn't want the armpit bruising I had heard a lot of crutch-users complain about. For some reason doctors don't seem to tell people about shortening crutches as an option to prevent armpit soreness. Maybe they just figure most people are too lazy to operate their crutches the hard way like I did. My doctor actually didn't give me many pointers on using crutches either besides the basic way to step with them; I just messed around with them until I found a length that worked for me and didn't hit my armpits. I am so sorry that you weren't given enough information to make your crutch experience as pain-free as possible. If you didn't have surgery and you are experiencing nerve pain I would definitely talk to you doctor. If you did have surgery, don't worry, the nerve issues should go away soon. Good luck! I hope you get feeling better! Lisa,

I’m so sorry you are having issues with nerve pain. I had some problems with that as well about 3 or 4 weeks after surgery - man did it hurt!

Did you have surgery or just break your leg?
If you had surgery then experiencing nerve pain is quite normal for the first month or two - unfortunately. But as you become more mobile it should improve and go away.

If you were on crutches due to a break and are experiencing nerve pain now I’m not sure what to tell you. I completely avoided resting the crutches in my armpits. I adjusted my crutches to be shorter and solely used the muscles in my arms to work them. It took a lot more effort but I didn’t want the armpit bruising I had heard a lot of crutch-users complain about. For some reason doctors don’t seem to tell people about shortening crutches as an option to prevent armpit soreness. Maybe they just figure most people are too lazy to operate their crutches the hard way like I did. My doctor actually didn’t give me many pointers on using crutches either besides the basic way to step with them; I just messed around with them until I found a length that worked for me and didn’t hit my armpits. I am so sorry that you weren’t given enough information to make your crutch experience as pain-free as possible.

If you didn’t have surgery and you are experiencing nerve pain I would definitely talk to you doctor. If you did have surgery, don’t worry, the nerve issues should go away soon.

Good luck! I hope you get feeling better!

]]> Comment on Brace Yourself by Rachel http://thesabins.com/2010/01/15/brace-yourself/#comment-5009 Rachel Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:18:45 +0000 http://thesabins.com/?p=1023#comment-5009 I'm sorry you didn't get to go boarding on V-Day. Our snow hasn't been as good this year as it usually is but it will definitely still be boardable for a couple more months at least. I'm jealous that you can wear heels without problems. I still can't wear ones that are higher than about 3 inches for long without significant pain. But my foot is getting better all the time so hopefully it will accept all heels soon. :) I'm glad you are able to run as much as you like. That's a good sign! And I'm also glad your brace saved you from an ankle disaster...it makes me hurt just thinking about it. :) I’m sorry you didn’t get to go boarding on V-Day. Our snow hasn’t been as good this year as it usually is but it will definitely still be boardable for a couple more months at least.

I’m jealous that you can wear heels without problems. I still can’t wear ones that are higher than about 3 inches for long without significant pain. But my foot is getting better all the time so hopefully it will accept all heels soon. :)

I’m glad you are able to run as much as you like. That’s a good sign! And I’m also glad your brace saved you from an ankle disaster…it makes me hurt just thinking about it. :)

]]> Comment on Brace Yourself by Brianne Bloom http://thesabins.com/2010/01/15/brace-yourself/#comment-4987 Brianne Bloom Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:21:16 +0000 http://thesabins.com/?p=1023#comment-4987 So I did not go boarding on Valentine's Day. :( The snow has been really bad all of February...very wet and heavy and never sticking around very long. The conditions have just not been favorable for much boarding fun. I figure if I were more experienced or not five months post op from ankle surgery I might try to go out there anyway. But at this point its not worth risking it. I'm praying for one more good snow before winter ends. My cousin just broke her arm in three places trying a new boarding trick on the C-Box...ouch! So I glanced at some of your progress in the months following peroneal tendon repair surgery. Its interesting to see how things are both very similar and yet very different in other areas. One thing that seems to be the same is that my ankle will not be a "super ankle" by six months post-op. :) Its come so far, but I think its realistic for me to expect that my right ankle will always be cranky from time to time. Unlike you, heels have given me relatively few problems. I can wear 3 inch heels all day with no pain. I even wore higher than that for just a few hours. I am running 3-4 days a week for anywhere from 20-30 minutes and my ankle seems to be tolerating that just fine. I am kind of nervous to jump up to longer distances and times because I've never been able to do that. You will be happy to know that I had a close call that has scared me into wearing my brace for all activity. Last weekend I was wearing my brace I(coming home from the gym) and I had a nasty spill in the driveway on some ice. My ankle twisted pretty good but I am sure the brace helped protect it from worse. I'm going to wear it from now on. :) So I did not go boarding on Valentine’s Day. :( The snow has been really bad all of February…very wet and heavy and never sticking around very long. The conditions have just not been favorable for much boarding fun. I figure if I were more experienced or not five months post op from ankle surgery I might try to go out there anyway. But at this point its not worth risking it. I’m praying for one more good snow before winter ends. My cousin just broke her arm in three places trying a new boarding trick on the C-Box…ouch!

So I glanced at some of your progress in the months following peroneal tendon repair surgery. Its interesting to see how things are both very similar and yet very different in other areas. One thing that seems to be the same is that my ankle will not be a “super ankle” by six months post-op. :) Its come so far, but I think its realistic for me to expect that my right ankle will always be cranky from time to time. Unlike you, heels have given me relatively few problems. I can wear 3 inch heels all day with no pain. I even wore higher than that for just a few hours.

I am running 3-4 days a week for anywhere from 20-30 minutes and my ankle seems to be tolerating that just fine. I am kind of nervous to jump up to longer distances and times because I’ve never been able to do that. You will be happy to know that I had a close call that has scared me into wearing my brace for all activity. Last weekend I was wearing my brace I(coming home from the gym) and I had a nasty spill in the driveway on some ice. My ankle twisted pretty good but I am sure the brace helped protect it from worse. I’m going to wear it from now on. :)

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