Yesterday, Rebekah saw Dr. Anatol Podolsky (an orthopedic surgeon in Newport Beach who has treated Sasha Cohen and Evan Lysacek ).He says Rebekah can get back on the ice and take it slowly in about 3 or 4 weeks! Nothing in the foot is displaced, but there is a fracture. It looks like we'll have to begin with simple stroking, and from there, Rebekah can decide what she can and cannot do.
Rebekah will proabably not be able to do pairs or freestyle for quite a while though, but Rebekah and Joel will be able to compete in Midwesterns.
Joel was so happy to hear that his sister's foot will be okay. He misses skating with her.
It turned out the Anatol Podolsky went to school in the Soviet Union with my good friend Larisa Genderalik. Larisa tells me he was a competitive ice dancer who always wanted to be a doctor.He now treats many of the figure skaters in southern California. He also has written articles about the relationship of weight training and jumping for figure skaters.
We are so fortunate to have been able for Rebekah to be seen by him! He knows skating, so he knew exactly what Rebekah will be doing on the ice.
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