DWT

Sorry this has taken so long to respond to but I only got to a place where I could start putting things into practice this week! :)

Picked up some epsom salts last week and finally got to try them this weekend after my foot was feeling achy from trying my first real bout of housework. Foot stayed achy in the bath but was back to not-achy the next day so at least good enough there! I'll keep at them.

I suspect the ice recommendation was for the swelling over the healing. This balance between the swelling and the open wound has been a tough one to navigate, especially since the 1st 3 weeks I was to keep it as dry as possible. Today I finally got the recommendation to start alternating my foot in hot and cold water at a 4:1 time ratio so I just did my first bout of that.

Mostly what I've been doing is elevation (usually up on a duvet or straight forward at an absolute minimum), icing, using a compression sock if my foot is going to be down and static for any length of time, and a suite of exercises.

Haven't tried your elevate trick yet but it combines some of those elements I've been working with to more of an extreme.

Right now physio is twice a week: 30 mins passive session once then 30 mins active session the next time. Passive is mostly all about the ultrasound and electrotherapy so I'll probably just let them keep at that rather than pick up my own tools since I'm (finally) getting much closer to better.

I have no liniments currently -- they are a total mystery to me. At one point a coworker recommended topical ibuprofen but it kept slipping my mind every time I was near a drug store and now I don't really need it as I'm more frequently stiff than sore at this point.