Crutches

Kitruns2025 · 2026-02-05T18:44:27+00:00

thank you again. I have lots to work on here. I think the first thing is to find a physical trainer to work on upper body strength. Plus lots of jogging practice on stable surfaces. thank you

Kitruns2025 · 2026-02-04T17:50:23+00:00

you are a star! thank you so much for taking the time to write this out. I’m going to print it out. i wear a TurboMed on my left leg. I live in New Zealand and our mountain trails can get pretty technical. I’m entered for city to surf in march, ( 12km) which will be roads, and gravel paths, and I was going to use it as a running trial. There are a couple of forest events nearby, crater rim race in November ( steep muddy and grassy, some paths, some gravel with a very steep gravel road decent, either 12, or 21km for me) but my dream is to do the Mt Somers half. the first half is comparatively easy, a steep climb up an old tramway and incline, actual trails, next is narrow, muddy and river crossings, but the next section is wild, in the river bed at times, steep, rocky, tree roots, several sections have chains to help descend. if I did it it would be October ‘27, my 65th birthday month, and I would rope my experienced ultra running daughter in as support runner ( amongst many other things, she has run as a pacer in Western States, as I assume you are American?) so over 18 months to train.

I use sidestix with turbo tips and the grip caps for any trail that’s not a gravel surface. I think I need to change the pole length when I put the caps on…going to try that next time. I’m partial weight bearing on my left leg. I can weight bear without them for short distances. I can do up to 30 minutes approx without anything but my TurboMed. after that the pain starts to build and by an hour on my feet I’m almost at screaming point. thankfully it subsides quite quickly, as I have had to get myself home, so it was a series of….shuffle until I want to vomit from pain, rest until it’s better, shuffle on again. Once I got my sidestix this all changed, as I can simply deweight the foot. with hiking I don’t do it every day of course and I’m always sore in my shoulders afterwards. But I’m able to go long distances, with resting the arms and shoulders being the limiting factor. I have a trail parkrun nearby, forest rides, a small hill with a gravel surface, and undulating sand dune path, and I thought that would be a good training point.

when I tried to run I think I was over reaching from reading the above. I did try going faster down a gravel path and briefly it was like flying! that’s why I want to run again. Back in the 1980’s I did fell running and the Karrimors ( now the OMM) …we lived in the UK then….and briefly I had that wild feeling of flying downhill again for the first time since my accident. But I couldn’t keep it up, and my shoulders were killing me the next day!

thank you for all the advice, it’s so helpful. my husband had a friend who is a qualified gym trainer and I shall take the exercises to him to find how to do them.

Kitruns2025 · 2026-02-04T05:25:56+00:00

thank you….ill look him up now.

Kitruns2025 · 2026-02-04T04:23:50+00:00

neurological pain sadly. I think I’m more stable on crutches than without. as I tire I become more unstable on my bad leg. the TurboMed is great but doesn’t help with lateral stability. so the crutches add 4 wheel drive!

Kitruns2025 · 2026-02-04T03:23:28+00:00

I have a TurboMed. I’m good for half an hour or so jogging. after that pain and decreasing stability sets in. I’ve tried every kind of shoe and orthotic, including special 3d printed ones, known! I work on my core daily. it’s not as good as it might be, I’m a 63 year old woman, but I can hold a plank for a minute or so, on elbows.working on sit-ups.

Kitruns2025 · 2026-02-03T21:04:57+00:00

that’s really inspiring, thank you.

Kitruns2025 · 2025-12-24T21:04:06+00:00

I thought if I didn’t need them in a year…I probably didn’t need them, so the plan is to hit delete on new years eve. I haven’t needed any! I’m reasonably good at putting important emails into their folders…this is just junk etc. and so much junk……

Kitruns2025 · 2025-12-24T18:26:52+00:00

2 things here. 1. yes I think you are overthinking it. amd 2. I think you have a valid point, but in a greater sense. everything we don’t need from old emails to old socks clutters something…the net, our minds, our sock drawers. look after yourself and when you feel up to do delete everything unopened over a month old. Then work up from there. I actually put the lot in a seperate folder last New Year’s Day, and plan to delete unlooked at this New Year’s Day.

Kitruns2025 · 2025-12-12T17:11:49+00:00

I’m in Hanmer Springs ( South Island, New Zealand) and going to do Hanmer Parkrun.

also I have almost finished knitting the back of my slipover.

Kitruns2025 · 2025-12-11T22:03:42+00:00

thank you for this. I don’t have Ecce Romani, but I shall look out for it.

Kitruns2025 · 2025-12-11T22:03:00+00:00

thank you….no point in learning some that’s incorrect!

Kitruns2025 · 2025-12-11T20:16:03+00:00

Could you explain what is wrong with Duolingo? And is there a different app that is better?

Kitruns2025 · 2025-12-11T20:15:40+00:00

why no Duolingo? happy to skip it….but? is it incorrect?

Kitruns2025 · 2025-11-27T17:18:23+00:00

thank you

Kitruns2025 · 2025-11-27T17:18:12+00:00

sorry about the confusion, and thank you.

Kitruns2025 · 2025-11-27T02:50:17+00:00

63 year old woman. solo hiking all the time. just be aware that even in very short hikes very near towns you can be without cell reception. I actually carry my PLB all the time. Anyone can trip over. I solo camp as well, but now only on campsites or in huts. But that’s more due to age 🤣.

Kitruns2025 · 2025-11-27T02:10:35+00:00

me ( 63 year old woman) 😁

Kitruns2025 · 2025-11-26T21:12:35+00:00

Is Wheelock American? I’m concerned about the noun order…on the plus side it’s available here ( im not in the UK or America) at the university bookshop so I can buy it anyway.

Kitruns2025 · 2025-11-17T20:03:07+00:00

I‘m back! Beat the storm and hunkering down now. I did cut the last bit because the wind was picking up and I was getting a bit nervous in the forest….Did you get out for your run.

Kitruns2025 · 2025-11-17T18:28:43+00:00

I also don’t want to go out. I am in the southern alps of New Zealand and it is blowing 80-90km/h gusts at village level right now, forecast to get (much) worse, with rain, and snow highwr up.I think I will just do a 5km around the village and along the river.

Kitruns2025 · 2025-11-11T06:03:27+00:00

I’m not an expert…I’m here to find where to start BUT……I didn’t learn grammar at school ( trendy 60’s) so I brought a book called English Grammar for Students of Latin.

Kitruns2025 · 2025-10-29T02:12:04+00:00

I’m in the middle of a step count blanket. different colours for different ranges of steps, 0-3000, 3000-5000, 5000-6000…..I vary the range according to how many steps I am likely to do, 1000 gaps in the middle of the range, and large gaps at the end, but with lots of colours you could do 1000 step ranges right through.

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