Met with physical therapy the other day and told her the good news. However, when I told her the doctor gave me the green light for running she laughed. She said "you won't be running anytime soon. My guess is you won't even be able to attempt running until December". BUMMER!
My therapist said that my bones may be healed enough; but my muscles are no where near ready for me to run. I still have a slight limp when I walk. And i have difficulties with lunges. She said once I can walk without a limp and my lunges become easier then we can discuss running. I asked if I just wasn't trying hard enough. she said no, it just takes awhile for muscle to build back up. That helped me feel a little better.
She also thinks the reason why i limp/have difficulties with lunges is because my quad muscle is tight. If my muscle is tight then my patella won't glide correctly in the groove, making it painful during movement. She gave me a couple stretches to work on. And sure enough I am extremely tight in my quad. If i do the same stretches on my left leg they are pretty easy; on my right leg, boy those suckers are hard! So maybe once I get this quad stretched out exercising will be a little less painful.
