Therapy Helped Him Make Strides

All his life, Jim has been active. Whether it’s running or biking or golf, Jim has kept his body moving. But when he teed off at a local golf championship, Jim noticed a pain in his ankle that kept getting worse, and by the sixth hole, he was hurting too much to continue. Jim’s doctor told him he almost certainly needed a surgical procedure that would knock him out of any athletics for several months.

So Jim checked with a physical therapist at CHI St. Vincent, where he learned he could avoid surgery with a strict, intense therapy regiment. And so Jim got started, three times a week with a physical therapist and every day on his own, working on strength and flexibility exercises to get his ankle back to playing shape. Jim sat down for an episode of the A View from the Bedside podcast to tell his story and talk about how important it is to stick with your physical therapy plan.