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Your Healthy magazine!
Kevin Thornton answers
your physiotherapy
questions.
Martina From La Mata.
I am very much an avid reader of the Female Focus magazine and
obviously your column, However I never thought that I would be looking
to you for advice, However while out jogging, I accidentally kicked the
back of my heel bone.
Over the first couple of days it got itchy, very
sore and got very swollen, I went to the
Hospital and had an x-ray. They couldn’t see
anything wrong with my heel. The next
morning I got a call from the hospital and I
was told that they had another look at my x-
ray and it shows that I now have a hairline
fracture of my heel bone. I have been on
crutches for the past 7 weeks but thankfully I
don’t have any pain whatsoever, but I need so much to get back to doing some sort of
cardio work. Kevin my question is, what equipment can I use at the gym to help me keep myself fit and also from going crazy,
I have heard a stationary bike might be OK at this stage. What do you think??
Thanking you in advance.
Martina. At this stage of the fracture YES! , you should be able to use the stationary bike in the gym as it is not a weight bearing
exercise (first check with your G.P on this). This all depends on your ability to tolerate very light weight bearing exercises. If you
can sustain this then your next step up will be to the cross trainer, treadmill, walking, then hopefully after a few weeks of this
type of exercise, you should be able to try some light jogging again, but that will take a further 4-6 weeks, Just be patient Martina
and let your body heal, Time is on your side. Regards. Kevin
Richard from Torre de la Horadada
I am a reasonably fit 40 year old guy. I find the best way for me to stay fit is playing
tennis twice a week, However over time I have noticed I was beginning to get a dull
ache into the area of my left groin, However I feel the pain is now getting much
worse, I am now experiencing a sharp pain and a feeling of tightness in this area. It
continues to hurt a lot and I feel that it’s now getting too much.
My problem is Kevin, I have a major tennis game coming up in the near future and I
would like to feel good on the day of the game perhaps you can give me some advice
as to what you might think this problem could be and how the best way and advice
to deal with it is. Respectfully, Richard.
Richard, I think the best advice I can give to you at this point
is, take yourself to your local G.P and get it checked out,
although from your description it sounds like you have a very
BAD groin strain. In the mean time use an ice pack close to the
area of the suspected groin strain for about 10 minutes followed
by 10 minutes heat, then do some light and easy stretches of
the area (you can contact me for specific stretches if you wish).
Ensure that you stretch regularly each day especially before
your tennis practice. Please let me know how you get on with
this problem, I hope this advice has helped you with this
problem. The best of luck for the big game Richard.
Regards Kevin.
This article is for information purposes ONLY and should
not be used as a diagnostic tool. Always consult with your
medial adviser or G.P. on all medical matters. Should you
require any further information, have any other question
that you may want answered or would prefer a one to one
FREE consultation then please contact: Kevin at The
Physical Therapy Clinic. Telephone: 966 765 686 or
mobile: 605 306 129 or email Kevin on:
physicaltherapyclinic@hotmail.com
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