Bilateral Calcaneus fractures

After surgery on March 6th I was release to stand and walk 3 weeks ago. I stood and it hurt near as bad as the accident. I took my first steps for my mom on mothers day without a walker. Every day, every vertical movement was progress. I spent 3-5 hours a day doing PT. The 1st week was pretty depressing and awful but I just pushed and pushed. 3 weeks since this I am walking with out a cane unless its a long distance. I can squat and do toe raises and move around pretty good. Every day there is progress and less pain and aggravation. Stay strong every one, I'll update another month from now. I dropped the pain pills 1.5 months ago.

Cheers and be safe!

And as for BirminghamBen, get that man a beer!

Over the past 2 years I kept a blog and updated it according to my progression to getting back to "normal"

Hope this helps at least one person.

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Hey Rhett, Glad to read you as doing better I am not a climber but I did skydive 20 years ago still to this at best thing I've ever tried in my life jumped 3 times twice from 10,000 feet once from 12,500 feet ever since I've had a dream of becoming a skydive instructor. Probably not a good idea now July 5 2015 I fell off a roof I have been a roofer since 1986, we'll as I said I fell off a single story probably about only 15 feet by I landed on my feet shattered both Heels,broke my left wrist and also broke my hip and pelvis. I was airlifted to hospital had surgery on wrist next day whee my surgeon installed a plate and screws and like you said had to wait for swelling in feet to go down. Took 14 days before I could get surgery on heels Had both done at same time. Did you have both done at same time? My surgeon says I was his first double heel surgery. I was in surgery 8 hours hardware installed and also bone grafts on each one from an organ donor. I know exactly what you as mean by pain after surgery I wished I would die for almost 24 hours I was in such intense pain I always thought I was tough til then.don't mean to be so long winded just wanted to say reading your blog did help me I can't believe you are running I can't even thing about running yet but at least now I know I will be able to. If you can so can I right?

Glad you found this. Yes, you are at a peak recovery stage right now. Its time to get at it really hard. I was off my feet for 5 months then took 6 months to get quasi-human. Then six months after that I was functioning pretty good. I am on facebook so find and message me. It took over a year to jog. I can now run ~ 2+ miles at 7mph on a tread mill now. I can hike for hours and hours and climb. Cracks give me issues but whatever. I have done 2 big walls since. Skydiving and BASE are still going strong. All of that with 20% of a subtalar joint on each foot. I feel yoga helps realign the body and eat right. Your not going to recover on mcdonalds :)

Every day is leg day :)

Hardest part of jumping was getting over the PTSD.

Hello I fell 10 feet onto cement, fracture my pelvic and bilateral calcanious. I’m 8 weeks out boots off, I tried to walk hurt like hell. I’m doing lots of pt, swimming 1 miles then treading water and water walking. I’m riding stationary bike . I’m also lifting weights and putting weights on legs. I’ve decided not to try walking until I can an do it without pain in water. Does anyone have any other ideas. I have read all the other web sites and I felt like shoot me now, crying. This form is mostly active people, I like it. I’m 66 years old I still want to hike.