adamjames1980’s AchillesBlog

@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!

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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