Guest guest Posted November 1, 2000 Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 Butch wrote, >On Sunday I broke my leg in three different places, along with several minor >fractures. All breaks are around the ankle. I realize I will not go back >to the gym tomorrow, but I would like to have a good plan made up for when I >do go back to the gym. I love to lift so if anyone has any advice they >would like to share it would be greatly appreciated. Any advice will work: >aerobic, weight lifting, cast maintenance (smell and the likes), anything. >Thanks for your help. I don't know what your training goals are, but there are always ways to train around an injury. So basically you have two challenges: train around it and minimize the time spent in recuperation and training gains lost due to the injury. Most upper body work can still be done and a great deal of core work. The set/rep/rest scheme can be used to determine which energy system is primarily trained (ATP/CP, anaerobic or aerobic). IF you work the good leg there is some carry-over to the bad leg. Offhand, weight exercises that can be done include presses of all types, pulldowns at varying angles - most upper body work. One leg presses can still be done. Stomach work with straps on your upper legs. As for other types of training - I attended one of Siff's " SMART " training classes. Talk about working around an injury. It goes to show with intelligence and resilience great results can be accomplished. You might want to see if you can get your hands on one of these tapes, then sit down and prepare to sweat. These workouts incorporate all types of training and will certainly leave you in good shape coming out of your rehab. As for cast maintenance - don't get it wet. I've done things like shower with my cast in a garbage bag sealed. Even with that you want to get in and out quickly, as moisture builds up inside the bag and effects the cast. Exercising while in a cast is going to cause some odour in the cast itself, from the sweat and moisture. Nothing you can do about that, except possibly see if your doctor will agree to re-cast it after some time. Hobman Saskatoon, Canada Grip it and rip it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2000 Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 Butch wrote, >On Sunday I broke my leg in three different places, along with several minor >fractures. All breaks are around the ankle. I realize I will not go back >to the gym tomorrow, but I would like to have a good plan made up for when I >do go back to the gym. I love to lift so if anyone has any advice they >would like to share it would be greatly appreciated. Any advice will work: >aerobic, weight lifting, cast maintenance (smell and the likes), anything. >Thanks for your help. I don't know what your training goals are, but there are always ways to train around an injury. So basically you have two challenges: train around it and minimize the time spent in recuperation and training gains lost due to the injury. Most upper body work can still be done and a great deal of core work. The set/rep/rest scheme can be used to determine which energy system is primarily trained (ATP/CP, anaerobic or aerobic). IF you work the good leg there is some carry-over to the bad leg. Offhand, weight exercises that can be done include presses of all types, pulldowns at varying angles - most upper body work. One leg presses can still be done. Stomach work with straps on your upper legs. As for other types of training - I attended one of Siff's " SMART " training classes. Talk about working around an injury. It goes to show with intelligence and resilience great results can be accomplished. You might want to see if you can get your hands on one of these tapes, then sit down and prepare to sweat. These workouts incorporate all types of training and will certainly leave you in good shape coming out of your rehab. As for cast maintenance - don't get it wet. I've done things like shower with my cast in a garbage bag sealed. Even with that you want to get in and out quickly, as moisture builds up inside the bag and effects the cast. Exercising while in a cast is going to cause some odour in the cast itself, from the sweat and moisture. Nothing you can do about that, except possibly see if your doctor will agree to re-cast it after some time. Hobman Saskatoon, Canada Grip it and rip it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2000 Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 Butch, Sorry to hear about your ankle. Did it require any hardware to stabilize the fractures? Are you in a cast or walking boot? Have they limited your weightbearing at this point? There are probably several exercises you can still do. The safest will involve using machines with you seated. Not the most dynamic program but may have to do for a while. For aerobic work you can either keep your rest intervals very short or spend some time on some sort of upper body bike/ergometer. Mrs. Siff's SMART video is currently being discussed and from what I hear it will be all the workout you want! As far as cast care goes, resist the urge to stick pencils, rulers, coat hangers etc down the cast to scratch. Breaking the skin with a cast on is inviting infection. Also, don't put baby powder, talc or deodorant sprays down there. They may smell good going in the cast, but after a few days they will stink just like the cast. They may also feed the bacteria that will take up residence in there. (mistake I made while wearing a cast from crotch to arm pits). You may want to talk to the physician about changing the cast part way through the healing process (they may do that anyway to reposition your foot/ankle). Best of luck with the healing and rehab. Bob Helfst Muncie, IN Broken Leg On Sunday I broke my leg in three different places, along with several minor fractures. All breaks are around the ankle. I realize I will not go back to the gym tomorrow, but I would like to have a good plan made up for when I do go back to the gym. I love to lift so if anyone has any advice they would like to share it would be greatly appreciated. Any advice will work: aerobic, weight lifting, cast maintenance (smell and the likes), anything.. Thanks for your help.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2000 Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 Butch wrote: << Any advice will work: aerobic, weight lifting, cast maintenance (smell and the likes), anything. Thanks for your help. >> I learned the hard way, 3 days into a 6-week arm cast for a fractured wrist, that you should not have GARLIC when wearing a cast. The stench was with me for the duration (the garlic smell seems to come out of the pores and gets trapped in the cast!) I also underwent arthroscopic knee surgery a few years back and in my desire to prevent loss of strength and endurance, I opted for single-leg biking (with toe clips) at a reduced level, and I'm convinced it helped me with recovery. I can't point to studies, but I've read somewhere that working one limb has some benefit to preventing loss of muscle mass in the opposing (casted) limb -- can anyone else share links or research supporting this? Courtenay Schurman, CSCS Body Results www.bodyresults.com court@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2000 Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 Butch wrote: << Any advice will work: aerobic, weight lifting, cast maintenance (smell and the likes), anything. Thanks for your help. >> I learned the hard way, 3 days into a 6-week arm cast for a fractured wrist, that you should not have GARLIC when wearing a cast. The stench was with me for the duration (the garlic smell seems to come out of the pores and gets trapped in the cast!) I also underwent arthroscopic knee surgery a few years back and in my desire to prevent loss of strength and endurance, I opted for single-leg biking (with toe clips) at a reduced level, and I'm convinced it helped me with recovery. I can't point to studies, but I've read somewhere that working one limb has some benefit to preventing loss of muscle mass in the opposing (casted) limb -- can anyone else share links or research supporting this? Courtenay Schurman, CSCS Body Results www.bodyresults.com court@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2000 Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 In addition to the training around your injury I recommend 2 supplements that I use for broken bone (Cal Ma + and Biost). Healing is usually 50% faster. Contact me for more info. ----- Original Message ----- From: " Butch Schovanec " <sbschovanec@...> > On Sunday I broke my leg in three different places, along with several minor > fractures. All breaks are around the ankle. I realize I will not go back > to the gym tomorrow, but I would like to have a good plan made up for when I > do go back to the gym. I love to lift so if anyone has any advice they > would like to share it would be greatly appreciated. Any advice will work: > aerobic, weight lifting, cast maintenance (smell and the likes), anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2000 Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 In addition to the training around your injury I recommend 2 supplements that I use for broken bone (Cal Ma + and Biost). Healing is usually 50% faster. Contact me for more info. ----- Original Message ----- From: " Butch Schovanec " <sbschovanec@...> > On Sunday I broke my leg in three different places, along with several minor > fractures. All breaks are around the ankle. I realize I will not go back > to the gym tomorrow, but I would like to have a good plan made up for when I > do go back to the gym. I love to lift so if anyone has any advice they > would like to share it would be greatly appreciated. Any advice will work: > aerobic, weight lifting, cast maintenance (smell and the likes), anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2000 Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 I would like to ask if anyone has heard or experienced positive results from electrical stimulation of the foot to help expedite healing broken legs? I recall seeing this experimental " cutting edge " program on the Discovery Channel a while back - first with race horses then with people - it had to do with a 'second heart' said to be in the sole of the foot? Forgive the lack of any special references on this - has anyone else heard of this, and if so, could this be used in the instance of this gentleman's break to expedite the bones healing? Thanks - The Phantom Re: Broken Leg >In addition to the training around your injury I recommend 2 supplements >that I use for broken bone (Cal Ma + and Biost). Healing is usually 50% >faster. Contact me for more info. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: " Butch Schovanec " <sbschovanec@...> > > >> On Sunday I broke my leg in three different places, along with several >minor >> fractures. All breaks are around the ankle. I realize I will not go back >> to the gym tomorrow, but I would like to have a good plan made up for when >I >> do go back to the gym. I love to lift so if anyone has any advice they >> would like to share it would be greatly appreciated. Any advice will >work: >> aerobic, weight lifting, cast maintenance (smell and the likes), anything. > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2000 Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 Dr. Yessis wrote: >In addition to the training around your injury I recommend 2 supplements >that I use for broken bone (Cal Ma + and Biost). Healing is usually 50% >faster. Contact me for more info. > I've gotta ask this question. What regulates the process of healing in the body and how could an external substance taken orally possibily generate a 50% increase in healing speed? How could the evolved healing processes be manipulated by half? This sounds like Star Trek. Greg Hart Calgary, Alberta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 In a message dated 3/6/2006 10:53:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, shaye@... writes: Im just trying to roll with the punches. But its been kinda hard. Your right, he is so antsy he went back to work last week. Yes, he is still in a full leg cast, so you can just imagien... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh, you poor guys. :-( It is tough. Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Shaye, How is your hubby doing with his leg? Bet he's getting antsy.Are you holding up? This is just as hard on the caregiver. Ask me how I know. BTW, do you still sell the glycerin soap base? Jeanine's Hummingbird Soap Works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Hi Jeanine. Im just trying to roll with the punches. But its been kinda hard. Your right, he is so antsy he went back to work last week. Yes, he is still in a full leg cast, so you can just imagien... He says he never realized just how long those hallways are, and he cant work in his lab very good cuz the equipment is up on a level where he needs to use like a bar stool and its just not leg cast compatible. Soooo he works a lot in his office on the computer. I take him to work in the mornings and pick him up at night. One day last week, he accidently put weight on the leg which was very painfull and then did it again later that day. And since then it has been achy. He is suppose to get the cast off on Thursday and have a half leg cast put on for the next 6 weeks. Thats how he is doing. He is doing what he can as far as just doing little stuf around the house but there is a lot of things he cant do for himself still. I still have some clear soap base. Prive email me if you need some. nne, oh Congratulations! I am so happy for you. You will be just fine. Hugs Shaye -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.0/275 - Release Date: 3/6/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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