"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
10/04/2020 at 10:55 • Filed to: None
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"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
10/04/2020 at 10:55 • Filed to: None | 2
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As part of my achilles surgery, my leg was in what is technically a splint, but basically the mother of all splints that was effectively a rigid cast. It came off this past Friday. It wasn’t bad, but it was messing with my circulation where blood would rush into my foot and stay there, which made getting up out of bed and moving around the house for any extended amount of time very annoying.
Once I got the splint off, the circulation problem went away almost immediately. Now that I’m back in the boot I can move around the house on my crutches, which I’m getting quite acrobatic with. I even washed some dishes yesterday. I did a lot of sitting on couches yesterday, for essentially the first time since I had the injury. After an extended amount of time with the foot on the ground it gets a little throbby, but I’ll keep an eye on it.
The one speed bump is, initially my doctor said I could probably start putting partial weight on the booted foot 2 weeks post-op. But on Friday he told me, due to the amount of tendonitis he saw during surgery, I need to wait until 4 weeks post-op until I’ll be partial weight-bearing.
Anyway, last night at the end of a full day of couch chillin—some with the foot on an ottoman snd some with it on the floor—plus small around the house activities, I realized, hey, this boot is fucking heavy. It’s a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
I remember various sports announcers over the years saying soandso football player is switching up to a DonJoy suchandsuch brace, so I figure it’s a good brand.
But I got to thinking, this thing is not particularly advanced looking in its construction. Where’s the racecar carbon fiber walking boots? I need to add lightness!
Well, there aren’t full-on carbon fiber boots, but there are many variations on the theme of thin plastic shells like the Ossur Rebound Air Walker pictured at the top of this post. Unfortunately, the Amazon reviews for that one seem to indicate that while people find it comfortable, its construction isn’t that durable. Especially the rubber piece that connects the plastic shell on the shin to the one on the top of the foot. It likes to crack and split. Oh well.
DonJoy has another brand called !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! with a few similar models but no rubber joint like the Ossur Rebound, so I’m thinking I’ll see about going that route.
Only problem is I can’t find weight specs on any of these things. DonJoy doesn’t list them, nor do any of the online stores I’ve been looking at. If the goal is to find one that weighs less, I need to know the weights! I’m hesitant to buy this shit without knowing if it’s actually lighter weight.
One online store called !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , so I may contact their customer service to see if they can give me more info. We shall see!
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Textured Soy Protein
10/04/2020 at 11:11 |
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Those basic walking boot splits are indeed freaking heavy. I had one for a month when I broke my ankle. I was glad to have it because at least I could still work but it would have been nice if it wasn’t like 10lbs lol.
I did skateboard a bit with the boot tho. That was interesting. (I bet you can guess how I broke my ankle in the first place.)
Good luck with getting a lighter one. If you’ll be wearing it for a long time I can see it being a worth while investment.
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> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
10/04/2020 at 11:22 |
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“I’m not going to let a little walking boot stop me from shredding the gnar!”
That Source Ortho store has all but the highest-end AirCasts for under $100. If I do buy one I can pay for it with my company’s health insurance deductible reimbursement account for which I’m eternally grateful, so it’s not really about the cost anyway.
AestheticsInMotion
> Textured Soy Protein
10/04/2020 at 11:32 |
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I miss being able to heal like a 10 year old
DasWauto
> Textured Soy Protein
10/04/2020 at 11:43 |
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Here you go:
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> DasWauto
10/04/2020 at 11:45 |
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Wooo nice! I'll have to put my boot on the scale later today when I'm back on that floor of the house. What model/size AirCast is that?
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DasWauto
> Textured Soy Protein
10/04/2020 at 11:47 |
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I don’t see a model name on it but it’s the same as the third picture you used, size large.
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> DasWauto
10/04/2020 at 12:06 |
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I think I figured it out from the pics on the AirCast site. There are 2 models that accept a heel lift which is needed for achilles injuries. The pic I posted above is the AirSelect Elite . I think yours is the AirSelect Standard , which is this:
On the Elite, the plastic piece on top of the foot is more curved/wraparound style. Also, the Elite has an additional cloth/neoprene flap at the front of the toes. That’s optional on the Standard, which is what the toes look like in your pic.
I’m not sure I’d spring the extra money for the Elite anyway so this is a great data point from you!
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DasWauto
> Textured Soy Protein
10/04/2020 at 12:18 |
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Looking at the pictures, mine is indeed the standard model. I was happy to have it after the cast/crutches I had prior to surgery. It’s a little bulky, though probably much better than what you have now, but the weight on the end of my leg was barely noticeable once I started walking on it.
Your injury is much different than mine was obviously but the extra support around the ankle of the air-bladders was very pronounced - the more snug I made it, the better it felt.
jminer
> Textured Soy Protein
10/04/2020 at 13:23 |
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My wife had ended up in an aircast boot like that and they are way lighter than the ossur boots she was in once before.
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> DasWauto
10/04/2020 at 15:57 |
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I weighed mine on my bathroom scale and it was 3 lbs dead even.
1361 g = 3.0 lbs
1239 g = 2.73 lbs
Mine is a medium size vs your large so presumably the medium of yours would be a little lighter than the large. I dunno how much though.
I do have the air bladders as well, but it’s just a single pump and doesn’t let you fill each one individually like the AirCast does.
I sent an email to that Source Ortho customer service. Maybe they have weight info they can look up or something.
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> DasWauto
10/04/2020 at 20:41 |
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This is good Oppo.