April 9, 2008
If you can’t bring the heel to the butt. . .
I am just one finger away from having my heel touch my butt. One finger. That is it; and it seems like it’s going to be impossible to get it to go just that teeny tiny little bit further.
Today I told my PT I have a plan. Instead of continuing to torture myself with painful flexion, I’m just going to start eating lots and lots of ice cream and potato chips. If I can’t get my heel to my skinny butt, then I’ll bulk up the butt and bring it to my heel.
My PT and another ACL recoveree thought it was pretty funny. Personally, I think it’s pretty smart. Bigger buns are in these days anyway right? The problem is that with all the biking, treadmilling, and leg pressing I’m doing, I’m tightening up and making getting that heel to touch that much harder.
Bring on the mint chocolate chip and salt & vinegar potato chips. I’ve got a plan and I’m prepared to use it.
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I like this plan! Really, what other plan can guarantee results like that?
None of us have seen your heiney, but we have seen your leg, and personally, I am willing to bet that Hell will freeze over before you allow yourself to gain that much weight.
Especially considering that the weight would just put more stress on your knees…
Ah, so you’ve come around to my way of thinking? LOL Seriously – I could do without sweets altogether – it’s those fries that do me in every time!!!!
I like this plan, but it sounds like putting more weight on your knee might not be so good after all.
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Smartie-you!
I will gladly share my ‘extra’ with you to help the cause. 😉 Do they do butt fat transfers now?
I always found (as you commented on) I got my best flexion after a really hard set of leg press.
And although your methods are a bit different than what I did, I have found that it was easier to bring my ass to my leg than vice versa. I also felt that I had more control over my hips than just grabbing an ankle.
Here’s what I was doing at 1 week trying to keep my heel stationary and bring my ass down.
http://acl.exstatic.org/2008/02/day-8-status-quo.html
After 3 weeks I started doing Yoga and Child’s Pose quite a bit:
http://acl.exstatic.org/2008/02/day-24-down-in-yoga-like-position.html
Now before bed (or a rugby game) I’ll kneel down and then sit back, arms at my side and just count to 30 or so. It’s much less abrupt that bringing an ankle up. Plus you can breathe your body down into it. Rock up on a breath in and rock back on a breath out.
Or you can cheat :). I was able to ‘touch my ass’ much sooner than reality because I did it at the gym with gym shoes on with my ankle as extended as it could be, gave me an extra inch or so. Same as if you’re grabbing your ankle and flexing your foot up or grabbing the ‘laces’ of your foot and straightening it out..
Reminds me I need to schedule a follow-up and get a final measurement.
Hahaha. God, I love your posts. That MIGHT just work. Who knows? Well, actually, that really WOULD work, I just can’t see it happening. Hehe. Aww, just keep on working on it, and use the ice cream to cheer yourself up as you do. 🙂