The roller coaster continues.
After trying a new liner that needed a different way of casting the socket we decided against it after it being very painful right from the first day I used it at home. It had gel in the liner that was supposed to move away from the pressure areas when moving around but because it did it just felt very unstable. I was finding I just eventually sunk to far into the socket causing pain, both on the stump and nerves. Worth a try though as you never know unless you try these things. We just decided to start from scratch and am going back to have the first socket fitting next week they have taken another mould the old way.
Although I have had problems with cuts where the socket isn't fitting at the moment after a few days rest it looked okay so decided to do a 10K run race and just take it easy, using it as a training session. So was very surprised to come in a time of 45:44 a massive post amputation PB and felt very good all the way round the quit hilly course. Even I was happy with this time as since the amputation I have only run 10K about 5 times and that includes in training. I have had some testing and coaching done lately, I had some swim analyses done and filmed and also have my V02 max test. The swim analyse was very interesting as I have had it done before. The V02 max test I have never had done and it came out at 66 which is classed as excellent and the Glen who did the testing sent me a long report included training zones based on V02 max so I can improve my training/speed.
University has been so busy, so much reading to do and I am ridiculously slow but it is very interesting, thank god. Loads of assignments to do as no exam but this means there is twice as much to keep up with all the time!
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Saturday, 6 October 2012
Serenity
It's been a funny couple of weeks with uni starting back up, suddenly my socket not fitting again, a clamp cracking on my activity blade and the last couple of days back training on my walking foot that I started on.
The first week at uni was very short and a little annoying as it was really just an introduction to the course which if like myself and allot of the other students who did foundation we went over it all lastyear. The second week was the start of the actual lessons but I missed two due to one scheduled appointment and one for the cracked clamp in my blade which is now in the workshop waiting for the new part to come in. Hopefully will get it back Monday, please!!!! The lessons I did do though I found very interesting and more motivating than the ones I had in foundation.
Training on the walking leg again has highlighted just how amazing the elite blade is at taking the vibration out of the impact in both walking and running. I have only done a gentle 4 mile run at just over 8 min miles which felt okay but a little jarring. After my swim this morning I decided to do a short session on the treadmill to try and soften the impact, it didn't really help that much.
The two prosthesis I have is an esprit walking foot and an endolite elite blade.
Going back to the esprit has highlighted the big differences for me and might help other people. The only flex in the esprit is in the foot unit where as with the elite blade has the flex from the foot and also flex from the blade, it is only slight but makes a huge difference in cadence and on how hard and fast you can strike the ground with the forefoot. That is another big difference, the esprit is designed to take impact through the heal as you walk and with running you shouldn't strike through the heal, apart from going down hill! You can run on a walking foot but very carefully, if you are running allot push for an activity leg or a blade it will I think save wear on the joints in the long term.
My first appointment this week was to take another socket casting as my stump has shrunk again and is not fitting properly causing more cuts behind the knee. I go back Monday to try on the first fit socket then the following week will have the new socket hopefully:) I have also had some good news, Christina my prosthesitist and also Alan the tech guy from Blatchfords said they have the new trial endolite C running blade being made for me. I should get it in about a month so that should be quit interesting and am very excited about it as will be able to get used to it over the winter and give them feedback on what I think of it!
Serenity - I'm not very patient any more but try to go with things, pick your battles and be content with your efforts if you have done all you can, that is all you can ask of yourself. Don't wind yourself up with things you can't change and try and learn and adapt along the way. To me serenity is just being content, sometimes things go well sometimes not so much but just accept and move on:)
The first week at uni was very short and a little annoying as it was really just an introduction to the course which if like myself and allot of the other students who did foundation we went over it all lastyear. The second week was the start of the actual lessons but I missed two due to one scheduled appointment and one for the cracked clamp in my blade which is now in the workshop waiting for the new part to come in. Hopefully will get it back Monday, please!!!! The lessons I did do though I found very interesting and more motivating than the ones I had in foundation.
Training on the walking leg again has highlighted just how amazing the elite blade is at taking the vibration out of the impact in both walking and running. I have only done a gentle 4 mile run at just over 8 min miles which felt okay but a little jarring. After my swim this morning I decided to do a short session on the treadmill to try and soften the impact, it didn't really help that much.
The two prosthesis I have is an esprit walking foot and an endolite elite blade.
Going back to the esprit has highlighted the big differences for me and might help other people. The only flex in the esprit is in the foot unit where as with the elite blade has the flex from the foot and also flex from the blade, it is only slight but makes a huge difference in cadence and on how hard and fast you can strike the ground with the forefoot. That is another big difference, the esprit is designed to take impact through the heal as you walk and with running you shouldn't strike through the heal, apart from going down hill! You can run on a walking foot but very carefully, if you are running allot push for an activity leg or a blade it will I think save wear on the joints in the long term.
My first appointment this week was to take another socket casting as my stump has shrunk again and is not fitting properly causing more cuts behind the knee. I go back Monday to try on the first fit socket then the following week will have the new socket hopefully:) I have also had some good news, Christina my prosthesitist and also Alan the tech guy from Blatchfords said they have the new trial endolite C running blade being made for me. I should get it in about a month so that should be quit interesting and am very excited about it as will be able to get used to it over the winter and give them feedback on what I think of it!
Serenity - I'm not very patient any more but try to go with things, pick your battles and be content with your efforts if you have done all you can, that is all you can ask of yourself. Don't wind yourself up with things you can't change and try and learn and adapt along the way. To me serenity is just being content, sometimes things go well sometimes not so much but just accept and move on:)
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