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Flat Floors Are Easy Now. My Own Yard Is Not.

Standing still was the first test

I expected walking practice from day one. Instead, the physiotherapist began with standing. She watched me rise from a low stool, then stand with feet apart, then closer. She stood near while I turned. Distance means little, she said, until standing feels safe. The early sessions were quiet ones.

We practise on ground like my yard

So the programme moved quickly to rougher practice. Walking over a folded mat edge. Stepping up and down one low step. Turning without grabbing the wall. She adds unevenness in doses, once the ankle handles the last stage. Each week the ground asks a little more of me.

Early mornings belong to the practice

At home I practise before the household wakes. A few standing movements holding the veranda post. A slow walk to the tube-well and back, feeling where my weight sits. On mornings when the ankle already feels tired, I do the gentler version and say so next session.

What my doctor prescribed runs untouched

When I fell, my doctor set my medicines, and they continue exactly on that plan. The physiotherapist has never suggested changing a single one, and she does not raise the subject. If a medicine ever needs reviewing, that talk happens in my doctor's room, not in her exercise space.

She keeps my doctor informed, and would send me back

After every few sessions she notes how my balance and walking have changed, and the note goes to the doctor who referred me. If the ankle showed something exercise should not handle, she would send me straight back rather than push on. DoctorBD24 also lists general surgeons for Tangail separately.

Is sixty too old to start exercise therapy?

She laughed at that question. The programme is set by what my ankle can do today, not by my age. An older joint may ask for smaller steps, and smaller steps are what I get.

Should I stop my daily trips to the tube-well?

No. That walk is part of my life, and she treats it as practice. For now I hold the post stepping down, and rest halfway if needed. She shapes how I walk, not whether I walk.

Why practise on uneven ground instead of the flat floor?

Because my yard is uneven. A skill that only works on a smooth floor would fail me on the tube-well path.

Some evenings the ankle swells a little. What then?

I rest it and mention it next session. She eases the programme back a stage when that happens. Swelling that keeps returning is something she would report to my doctor.

How does she decide what changes each week?

By watching and measuring. How long I stand steady. How the turn goes. One thing changes at a time, so we both know what made the difference.

What sudden trouble means I skip the session and go to hospital today?

If one side of your body suddenly loses strength, hospital comes first, that very day. So if you cannot control your urine or your stool. A fall after which a leg or an arm refuses to move is urgent too. Bad pain arriving with fever, chest pain, or trouble breathing should never wait.