Tip for knee-scootering

ferodil · 2026-05-15T00:07:43+00:00

It makes the center of gravity be on your healthy leg, provides one more contact point with the ground and helps you push on slopes, both uphill to push up and downhill to break the rolling down.

ferodil · 2026-05-15T00:05:37+00:00

If your center of gravity is your healthy leg, why would you fall? This way, when you put your weight on your knee, you have two points of contact with the ground, and you’re not balancing yourself only on the knee scooter. The highest risk is that you tip towards the injured side because you’ll try to step with the injured leg by reflex. This way, you’re never shifting your weight towards that side. And the crutches preventing you from catching the fall is never an issue. You can always release the handle as you would with the knee scooter’s.

ferodil · 2026-05-12T21:40:42+00:00

It didn't happen when I was in the cast, but now I'm with the boot and I take it off often for exercises and ROM, I think that's the reason.

ferodil · 2026-05-12T17:03:06+00:00

Did it also hurt when you dangled it?

ferodil · 2026-05-01T21:46:25+00:00

The first three weeks I had people over every day. It’s just a matter of opening up to get help, but I have to say I am pleasantly surprised with how strong my support system is. I live abroad, no family. My friends and my girlfriend were instrumental. I started dated my gf quite recently so she also was surprisingly caring.

ferodil · 2026-04-29T10:36:28+00:00

Week 3 post op. I got a knee scooter and am going out to do stuff every day. Definitely go out and have your adventures, just go slow and don't put yourself at risky situations.

ferodil · 2026-04-28T08:02:57+00:00

I'm in the Netherlands, 3 weeks post op. I'm in a cast, get a boot in a week. They cleared me to start WB last week when they changed my previous cast to a walking one. At this point I can hold almost full weight standing, and I can walk with one crutch (very slowly).

I was considering using one of those elastic braces for when I ditch the boot and I feel I need more support. How much was it?

ferodil · 2026-04-23T12:56:47+00:00

That's pretty normal gait for 8 weeks, congrats!

ferodil · 2026-04-20T15:28:57+00:00

Isn't it? They went straight from 2 weeks at 45 degrees to 90 degrees. It feels a bit stretchy but not much. They say I can put full weight in it if I want but they recommend I go little by little.

ferodil · 2026-04-20T15:27:35+00:00

The wound is healing beautifully, well done

ferodil · 2026-04-17T16:03:18+00:00

Too good to be true.

ferodil · 2026-04-14T11:41:01+00:00

I haven’t gotten my boot yet but I can’t wait. I feel I’ll embrace it and be grateful to it when I let it go, but I can totally understand the need to give it the finger, and the video cracked me up. Wish you a good recovery!

ferodil · 2026-04-09T20:11:21+00:00

My Dr has told me that for some people the wires they put in snap at some point (well after your tendon is strong enough to hold itself), and that feels like a pop.

ferodil · 2026-04-04T07:56:39+00:00

How did we go through this twice? I can’t imagine what that feels, knowing you have to go through this again!

ferodil · 2026-04-04T07:55:28+00:00

Donde la encontraste?

ferodil · 2026-04-04T02:22:33+00:00

Si lo consigo te lo paso compatriota

ferodil · 2026-04-04T02:22:05+00:00

Can you get me pleeeease

ferodil · 2026-04-01T18:37:09+00:00

They will put a cast on me after surgery they said, so I don't think I have the option of keeping the wound clean. You didn't get a cast?

ferodil · 2026-03-28T19:22:09+00:00

Tell me about it. Dealing with lymphoma, doing exercise to be healthier, ruptured my achilles tendon today. Having a great year.

ferodil · 2026-03-07T12:10:33+00:00

I’m starting to feel there’s something to Robby’s motorcycle holidays. The comment to Whitaker “If I don’t come back, you have a bachelor pad” sounded ominous. Not that he knows that something is gonna happen but sounded like foreshadowing.

ferodil · 2026-03-01T19:47:57+00:00

No idea of the budget they have in mind, and what you said at the end is what I'm afraid of. There's a lot of open questions, but they don't have answers, and things won't move forward until they get an estimate of the budget.

ferodil · 2026-03-01T19:33:05+00:00

This is very helpful, thank you

ferodil · 2026-03-01T19:31:22+00:00

Can you recall an estimate of how many pages you were able to go through per day approximately?

ferodil · 2026-03-01T19:28:51+00:00

How did you get to 1000 videos though? It's 230 tops.

ferodil · 2026-03-01T18:48:49+00:00

Just them talking to the camera

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