Exercise
Physical Therapy and Exercise go hand-in-hand, so the line between this page and the Physical Therapy page is a little blurred.
This page will focus more on the hard work you put in starting around the 3 month mark to continue your training to get you to a higher level of fitness than you were at before the injury.
My goal is 1 year, which I think is the average time that the doctors tell you that you can resume all the sports that you used to play before the achilles tendon injury. Some people return to their sports much earlier (Elton Brand, for example).
Thanks for the info on this, do you think this would include kick boxing also that was my passion, everyday I sit and look at my gloves and brand new boots I bought the evening by my accident.
Don’t forget that professional athletes (a la Elton Brand) get paid (sometimes million$$) to do nothing but go to rehab and recuperate, while the rest of us working stiffs have businesses to run or jobs to do. My point is that professional athletes have access to the BEST health care and are going to do nothing but rehab until they are fully recovered–that’s why it usually takes them less time to recover.
chris67,
You can find out who the team doctors are in your city/state w just minimal research. Almost all of them are available to the public, but they are usually very busy so you might have to either wait or go w another doc. If you have an “in” that helps too.