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Physical Therapy Stretches during Achiles Surgery Recovery
When you injure yourself and find that hobbling around on one leg is a lot harder than you thought, the only thing you want is for your recovery process to fly by quickly. In order to make sure that...
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5 Ways to Improve your Recovery Time from Foot Surgery
You bit the bullet and had your foot surgery. You know life will be better after you recover, but in the meantime, recovery seems a long way off. Your doctor has given you a time table for recovery,...
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5 Tips for using crutches on snow and ice
Yep, you’re on crutches. There’s not much you can do about that fact. You also can’t control the snow and ice piling up on the ground outside. So how do you reconcile the fact that you have to get out...
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5 things your doctor wants you to know about winter on crutches
Being on crutches any time of the year is hard, but being on crutches in the winter can be brutal. During your recovery, you will want to listen to the advice your doctor gives you. Here are 5 things...
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4 Reasons a Knee Scooter Works Better on Snow and Ice
There was no avoiding it. You had to have the foot surgery. The good thing about having it during the winter months is that you don’t have to miss summer activities like swimming and sports. The bad...
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5 Winter Survival Tips for Foot Surgery Recovery
It’s hard to hole up in your house, even during the winter months. You want to go go go all of the time and when your movements are limited because of foot surgery recovery, you have to hold yourself...
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5 Options to crutches on snow and ice
You’re on crutches this winter. There’s nothing you can do about it. You simply have to live with it and make the most of it. While it would be safest to stay at home all winter long, you know holing...
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How to Show Someone on Crutches your Love after foot or ankle surgery
This Valentine’s Day is a little different than past years. In past years, you simply got your loved one some chocolate, maybe a bouquet of flowers, or perhaps even some jewelry or something else...
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Can you Drive with a Leg Cast?
You know that your broken leg is going to inconvenience you in a number of ways. It’s hard to get around your house, much less when you go out and about in the rest of the world. Driving is probably...
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6 Things you need to know about bunion surgery recovery
If you signed up to have bunion surgery, you probably already tried everything else to eliminate the pain from your bunions. That means wide-toes shoes, toe spacers, foot pillows and more. But once you...
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How to Beat the Winter Blues as you Recover after Surgery
If you are prone to a case of the winter blues, this year will be even harder since you have to recovery from your foot or ankle surgery and are stranded on one foot with only crutches to help you get...
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6 ways to keep a positive attitude even on crutches
Being on crutches in the winter is hard. It’s hard to get out. It’s hard to do the things you need and want to do. It’s just hard! But as a mom, you’ve been through hard stages before. And you’ve made...
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Can you Drive after Bunion Surgery?
A bunion is a large bump that forms at the joint of the big toe. It can be very painful and it can cause the toe to misalign. The area can swell, become red, cause pain, and even impair your movement....
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Fears Your Child Has During Recovery
If your child has suffered an injury, all you want to do is take away the pain and make it better. Though you can’t exactly do that, there are plenty of things you can do to help him through the...
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3 Alternatives to Crutches for a Broken Ankle
So you broke your ankle. Now what? Hobble around on crutches throughout your recovery? Try to maneuver around the kids all of the time? Attempt to get around at work on them? It’s certainly not ideal....
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Why do I need a second surgery after a broken ankle?
There are many different ways to break an ankle and many different ways to fix a broken ankle. For certain breaks, surgery is necessary. Sometimes, surgeons even have to insert screws into the ankle to...
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5 Winter Survival Tips for Recovering Foot Surgery
It’s hard to hole up in your house, even during the winter months. You want to go go go all of the time and when your movements are limited because of foot surgery recovery, you have to hold yourself...
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Exercises you can do with a broken ankle
When you break your ankle, you may feel like your exercising days are behind you. While it’s true you will have to give up training for the next marathon or even speed walking, there are still plenty...
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Woman's Guide to Dressing with a broken ankle
Just because you broke your ankle doesn’t mean that the world stopped turning. The same can be said for the fashion world. When you find yourself on crutches, fashion may not be the highest concern on...
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Options to crutches with a broken ankle
When you heard the snap you knew it wasn’t good. And now you know for sure. Your ankle is broken. You will be in a cast for the immediate future. And you will have to recover from the injury on...
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