{"id":16062,"date":"2015-07-20T10:04:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T16:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=16062"},"modified":"2015-07-20T10:04:25","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T16:04:25","slug":"hobbling-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2015\/07\/hobbling-along\/","title":{"rendered":"Hobbling along"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am doing far, far better than hobbling actually.  The discomfort and achiness is minor and the swelling is mostly gone.  I can wear shoes again!<\/p>\n<p>I did get a cane, though&#8230;even though it sounded incredibly &#8220;elderly&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul15\/Hobbling1902.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul15\/Hobbling1902.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BUT, it is All-terrain cane!  <\/p>\n<p>It is actually pretty cool&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul15\/Hobbling1907.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul15\/Hobbling1907.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it can stand up on its own so none of the crashing to the floor kind of thing I had with crutches 12 years ago when I had to use those.<\/p>\n<p>I also bought a calf-shin wrap designed to help runners with shin splints &#8230; and skipped getting the $500 orthopedic boot.<\/p>\n<p>In the woods, I use the cane and 1 ski pole with the wrap and a good pair of running shoes &#8230; a little help with weight bearing and 3 point support.  Additionally, all of the equipage reminds me to slow down and pay attention to where I&#8217;m putting my feet.  I think most of my accidents have happened because I&#8217;ve been in a hurry and\/or not paying attention.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line, I&#8217;m getting around fine but also remembering to take it a bit easy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul15\/Hobbling1916.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul15\/Hobbling1916.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not everyone needs help remembering to take it easy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul15\/Hobbling1921.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul15\/Hobbling1921.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am doing far, far better than hobbling actually. The discomfort and achiness is minor and the swelling is mostly gone. I can wear shoes again! I did get a cane, though&#8230;even though it sounded incredibly &#8220;elderly&#8221;! BUT, it is All-terrain cane! It is actually pretty cool&#8230; And it can stand up on its own [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-me-and-the-house","category-pets"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16062"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16065,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16062\/revisions\/16065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}