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Sport 36: Winter 2008

Seven weeks

Seven weeks

The physio arrives beside my bed with crutches. They are called gutter crutches. There is a small gutter that you lean your forearms in.

I stand up. Prior to this I have been using a walking frame, pushing the frame and swinging the bad leg through. The physio moves the frame away and stands a crutch either side of me. I take them and lean. You put both crutches in front of you and then swing your leg through, she says. I try, but the lino looms and sways in front of me and I can't move. It's okay, she says. It's too soon. Practise with the page 112 frame over the weekend really consciously moving your leg through. We'll have another go on Monday.