Posted in 2 Shoes on Jun 13th, 2017 34 Comments »
My video update from year 1:
It has been 1 year since my rupture! I made it and am recovered - YAY! For some strange reason I was looking forward to this date, just to mentally close this chapter of my life. This is a crazy and taxing injury, but it is not the end of [...]
Posted in 2 Shoes on Mar 9th, 2017 14 Comments »
Here is my vlog from month 8 and 9:
9 MONTH DOCTOR’S VISIT
I just came back from 9 month doctor check up. Actually, today exactly is my 9 month rupture anniversary, btw.
The doctor said that the achilles looks good and that I healed ahead of the usual surgical estimates. Thompson test returned almost same [...]
Posted in 2 Shoes on Jan 18th, 2017 2 Comments »
Just a quick update this month since I managed getting back to few things. I also have not updated my video blogs for a while, so I recorded one since last month with the update and recordings of PT exercises. Here is the 7 months vlog:
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
In December I went back to cross country [...]
Posted in 2 Shoes on Dec 9th, 2016 6 Comments »
Yay! I made it to month 6. It’s official - it’s been 1/2 a year since my rupture. I cannot believe that I survived and doing pretty well. Here is what’s been happening in the last month.
RUNNING
So, in the last month I continued progressing in “Back to Running Program”. I am now in stage 5, [...]
Posted in 2 Shoes on Nov 11th, 2016 8 Comments »
I cannot believe it’s been 5 months already! Time definitely passes by so much faster now than in the first weeks. I guess there is less uncertainty now and much more work on muscles to get back to normal. This injury is for sure a true test of patience, as it takes such a long [...]
Posted in 2 Shoes on Oct 13th, 2016 11 Comments »
This has been really cool month as far as strength of the calf, but it was not without challenges.
WALKING
Walking is becoming easier. Most of the time I do not have a limp anymore. I still wake up with a very stiff leg and cannot walk normally until I warm it up, so I do foot [...]
Posted in 2 Shoes on Sep 15th, 2016 12 Comments »
2016-09-26 Update: Vlog from week 12 and 13:
The last 2 weeks were mostly about trying to walk as normally as possible and about lots and lots of physical therapy (PT).
DOCTOR’S 14 WEEK FOLLOW UP
I had a follow up with my doctor today. Doc examined my tendon and was really happy with its healing progress. He [...]
Posted in 2 Shoes on Sep 2nd, 2016 10 Comments »
2016-09-22 UPDATE:
VIDEO REVIEW OF WEEK 10 and 11:
The last 2 weeks have been the most exciting so far! Sorry for the long post, but a lot happened. It was definitely a period full of changes.
DOCTOR’S 2 MONTH FOLLOW UP:
I saw my orthopedic doctor at the end of week 9. My progress was good, achilles [...]
Posted in FWB on Aug 16th, 2016 34 Comments »
The last 2 weeks were pretty much all about walking in the boot full weight bearing (FWB), doing physical therapy (PT) for ankle/toes/little bit of calf and trying to manage heel pain.
HEEL PAIN MANAGEMENT
As mentioned in previous post, I started FWB in the boot with one wedge at the end of week 6. The Evenup [...]
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