Hydrotherapy Session 2

The second session in the pool took place on Monday.  The exercises different, the result was that my ankle started to hurt during and definitely ached afterwards, I had some pain in my calves on the evening but my thighs this time were fine. 

In addition to walking in the various ways mentioned in my previous entry, we also did some smaller more focussed exercises:

Warm up

Walk up and down the pool, or swim.
At side of pool rise onto your toes and down again.
At the side of the pool, feet together and squat down.

Exercise 1

Stand in the pool with the float under both feet
step forward with your bad foot to the pool floor just in front of the float, return to both feet on the float
Put your bad foot to the side of the float, return to centre
Put your foot behind the float. return to centre
Repeat with bad leg on float and good leg moving forward, to the centre, to the side, to the centre, and then to the back.
Repeat on both feet 10 times.

Exercise 2

With the float on the floor beneath your feet shuffle to the front edge of the float so that your toes are on the pool floor and heels on the float,move around the edges of the float in this position.
Repeat 5 times (change direction on each turn to prevent you going dizzy).

Exercise 3

With the float beneath your feet shuffle to the back of the float so that your heels are on the pool floor and toes on the float, move around the edges of the float in this position
Repeat 5 times (change direction on each turn to prevent you going dizzy).

Exercise 4

Walk up and down the pool as if walking on a tightrope, putting the heel of one foot directly in front of the toes on the other.

Exercise 5

Stand in the pool, make a small step to the side with your bad foot, return to the centre, make a slightly bigger side step, to the centre, repeat until you are stepping as wide as you can.  Repeat 10 times from the start.

Cool Down

Walk down the pool, with each step lift your foot and move it in a small circle.
Continue the small turns stood at the end of the pool.

Disclaimer
I am not a trained physiotherapist, if you choose to do these exercises you do so at your own risk, I am not responsible for any harm you do to yourself, there is no substitute for professional help, and if at all possible you should contact a trained physiotherapist to help you with your rehabilitation.