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The news is extremely good.... there is not any problem with the ankle bone or the plate and screws. A mild form of giddiness because of relief at the good news is still hovering around me 
With all of my heart and gratitude, I thank you all for your words of support and encouragement; in the midst of confusion and possible disappointment, hearing what others -- who are so enthusiastic about Camino -- had to say helped keep the wolves of despair at bay. My family and a close friend do not understand why this was not simply a case of a possible canceled vacation trip. Why doing a Camino pilgrimage is so personally meaningful. You folks filled that void with your understanding.
The entire problem centered around my training footwear. For the last two months, I've been using my heavier, above-the-ankle, mid-top Lowa boots --- which I have not used for the last four years --- and only then during winter/snow backpacking trips. I knew that the extra weight of the heavier boot (more than double the weight of my trail running shoes) would provide an extra level of strengthening to my leg muscles when I do my long and steep uphill workout hikes. My orthopedic surgeon stated that he is 99.5% certain that this was the problem. And I swear he said it with a snarky grin.... he despises backpacking, preferring bike riding.
The method I use for securing the laces of the boot was putting undue pressure against the tissue around the ankle plate. The soft tissues became slowly more inflamed as the workouts progressed, making the underlying ligaments and tendons and other stuff in there start begging for mercy. So, I'm continuing the anti-inflammatories for the next five days, stopping the hikes for the next ten days, and do daily, gentle range-of-motion exercises for the ankle; 'gentle' being the key word. I can also use my treadmill to do some light 'walking', but nothing even approaching a workout level of cardio; just enough to keep things movng a bit.
So, I'll be spending more time on upper body and core conditioning, which I hate. My TRX and dumb bells are laughing at me.
If the ankle feels good after ten days, then I can continue my hikes, starting with only a few miles per day on flat terrain, and then increasing both length and gradient steepness over a two week period. And I will stop using my mid-top Lowa boots. If symptoms begin to return at any time, then I need to have things checked out again with a contrast MRI.
Thank you all, again.... and I thank God for the resource of this forum; what a Blessing. This event makes me wish, even more, that I would have the opportunity to meet at least a few of you guys.
With all of my heart and gratitude, I thank you all for your words of support and encouragement; in the midst of confusion and possible disappointment, hearing what others -- who are so enthusiastic about Camino -- had to say helped keep the wolves of despair at bay. My family and a close friend do not understand why this was not simply a case of a possible canceled vacation trip. Why doing a Camino pilgrimage is so personally meaningful. You folks filled that void with your understanding.
The entire problem centered around my training footwear. For the last two months, I've been using my heavier, above-the-ankle, mid-top Lowa boots --- which I have not used for the last four years --- and only then during winter/snow backpacking trips. I knew that the extra weight of the heavier boot (more than double the weight of my trail running shoes) would provide an extra level of strengthening to my leg muscles when I do my long and steep uphill workout hikes. My orthopedic surgeon stated that he is 99.5% certain that this was the problem. And I swear he said it with a snarky grin.... he despises backpacking, preferring bike riding.
The method I use for securing the laces of the boot was putting undue pressure against the tissue around the ankle plate. The soft tissues became slowly more inflamed as the workouts progressed, making the underlying ligaments and tendons and other stuff in there start begging for mercy. So, I'm continuing the anti-inflammatories for the next five days, stopping the hikes for the next ten days, and do daily, gentle range-of-motion exercises for the ankle; 'gentle' being the key word.
I can also use my treadmill to do some light 'walking', but nothing even approaching a workout level of cardio; just enough to keep things movng a bit.So, I'll be spending more time on upper body and core conditioning, which I hate. My TRX and dumb bells are laughing at me.
If the ankle feels good after ten days, then I can continue my hikes, starting with only a few miles per day on flat terrain, and then increasing both length and gradient steepness over a two week period. And I will stop using my mid-top Lowa boots. If symptoms begin to return at any time, then I need to have things checked out again with a contrast MRI.
Thank you all, again.... and I thank God for the resource of this forum; what a Blessing. This event makes me wish, even more, that I would have the opportunity to meet at least a few of you guys.
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