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Message: [QUOTE="shnalln, post: 796112, member: 36556"] Realy? Hmmm, not to discount what you say, but I wonder how that works. I'm just getting over a broken and dislocated fibula, I was in a cam walker for five weeks and used my good leg quite extensively, to the point of burning muscles even...the injured leg, especially the calf muscle now looks like a twig. Durring my healing phase, I just ate three good meals a day, instead of snacking on chips or having a candy bar, eat an apple or something that is known to have nutritional value. Smoking decreases circulation. This can extend the healing process of a broken bone by as much as two weeks. Do what the Doc says...when he says it's time to start working the injured limb, don't be a pansey, work it, but don't over do it... NOBODY, not even a physical therapist or your Doc, knows your body or your pain levels like you do. The therapist knows the exercises to get you back on track, but only you know how much you can handle...He (the therapist) lectured me many times about overdoing it...he looks at my records now and admits that I have performed excellent, and throws me in the top 10%. (And yes, I'm a smoker, and no, I did not quit, and I'm one week ahead of the schedual that the Doc gave me.) However the opposit also applies to this, if your therapist is having you do something that causes you to be sore beyond the levels of "being able to deal with it", tell him and stop the exercise untill your ready for it. This is my first BIG injury, so I'm no expert, and I hope I never have to be. But common sense applies to every injury...even it didn't when it happened. :) [/QUOTE]

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