I recently had surgery on my big toe for arthritis and I'm just starting the FS series. I have been cleared for any activity from my Dr. but there is still some swelling and stiffness in my toe. I also haven't been able to bend it for about 10 years now so I'm sure the tendons are tight, etc. I can only do the calf raises with a very small range of motion if I'm keeping the weight on the ball of my foot. I'm fine doing them because I know it will help move my toe but should I for this series with such a small range of motion? I've read some of the calf raises are to warm up the ankle, is there something else I should be doing or just scale up the calf raises. I am only getting my heal 1-2" off the ground at this point.
I have the same problem for the curled seiza, I think I might just have to skip this one for a while. I am doing separate toe stretches each day to help this.
For more detail the surgery I had was arthroplasty to remove bone spurs and an implant for synthetic cartilage.
Thanks in advance,
JD