Recent rupture 10/5/2015. Surgery Complete, what I’ve learned so far…

Posted on October 16th, 2015 by adamjames1980

Hello everyone, I recently had a total rupture of my left achilles and am now on the mend after completing my surgery exactly one week ago. My story sounds like most that I’ve read on here, heard a very loud pop and instantly knew that something was seriously wrong. Until this happened to me i [...]

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Posted on October 13th, 2015 by adamjames1980

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  • cpo | October 19th, 2015 | 1:36 pm

    @adamjames1980, your story does sound familiar, and I shared a lot of your concerns at your stage. I’m 7 months post-op but remember those first days very well (and journalled a bit to help me see progress).

    Re yoyur PT, it’s true that a lot of PTs haven’t seen many ATRs. I’d encourage you to challenge your PT to read up on protocols so that he/she can help you the best. I found that even the other PTs in my sports medicine clinic had seen at most 3 in their careers. Maybe there’s a clinic that specializes in them; that’s worth investigating.

    The good news is that pretty much all of the various protocols seem to intersect at 12 months, and complete recovery is typical.

    Good luck in your recovery!

  • Ron Hovey | October 16th, 2015 | 11:40 pm

    Hello everyone
    Had my surgery about 10 hours ago. Everything went well and I am optimistic about the process. This site has helped me understand what is in store for me. I had a complete tear along with completely tearing my Peroneal tendon as well. My goal is to return to my fairly physical job in 12 to 14 weeks. Everything I have heard including testimony from friends is that surgery is the way to go for healing time and tendon strength. Good luck to everyone and thank you for all your post

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