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Can i walk without physiotherapy
I had my left leg, 3rd toe operated. The sutures were removed after 4 weeks & so was the plaster. And the bone fracture has healed. Doc advised to start walking. I feel my ankle has turned a little stiff since I did not walk even a bit in 4 weeks. Can I start walking using my left leg without the help of a physiotherapist? (I have been walking only with my right leg using a walker) Or should I consult one?
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Meeting a physio and getting physiotherapy treatment is going to Accelrate your recovery process.Otherwise you can have movement limitation in near by joints.
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⢠Hams Stretching- lie straight, take the leg up, pull the feet towards yourself, with a elastic tube or normal belt. repeat 10 times, twice a day.
⢠Sports Taping- stretch the tape from both ends and apply on the affected area
⢠Contrast bath---It is a form of treatment knee is applied warm water Contrast Fomentation (Hot and Cold). Avoid sitting Cross legged.
⢠Avoid Squatting-
⢠Quadriceps Exercises- Lie straight, make a towel role and put it under the knee, press the keen against the role, hold it for 20 secs. Repeat 20 times twice a day. This will help relieve some pain.
⢠Core Strengthening Exercise- Straight Leg Raised With Toes Turned followed by the immediate application of the knee with ice water. This procedure is repeated several times, alternating hot and cold. Note that the treatment should always end in the ice water, as heat will induce the body's inflammatory response, while cold helps to decrease inflammation.
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You should always consult a physiotherapist , who will guide you according to the surgery done , If in morning mumbai can contact us .
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Yes you can do
hot fermentation if you feel uncomfortable then tk help physiotherapy
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U can walk urself but Physio may help you to make u walk properly , u may or may not walk properly without Physio .
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Better to consult Physio so that he/she help u in a proper way and for stiffness u need a Physio
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Put partial weight on ur operated side toe with the support of crutch, and do practise walking
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It would be better if u consult a good physiotherapist for learning the proper pattern to walk.
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the physio can also teach u few exercises to reduce your ankle stiffnes and to increase yourr strength in the left leg.
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start with partial weight bearing walking and then gradually increase the pressure on left leg.
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