I managed to walk on my toes unassisted and barefoot for 2m yesterday at exactly 13 weeks from surgery! I was so ecstatic! Walking on my toes again is something I only had pegged for 16 weeks or later. I’ve been working at it fairly persistently and I succeeded in chest deep water at 12wks+3days. [...]
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The pain I had 2 days ago has disappeared as quickly as it arrived. I am so relieved! I really wasn’t keen to go back to the boot for an extended period.
My dorsi-flexion is still very far from normal and this is holding me back. Since I’m now at week 12, I [...]
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I am 12 weeks post surgical repair of a full achilles rupture, the injury occurred 2 days prior to surgery. Today is a day to celebrate as I have made it to the 12th week without re-rupture and all the information seems to indicate that your chance of re-rupture reduces radically after 12 weeks, so [...]
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I saw my surgeon on Wednesday. I went to the appointment in 2 shoes, with crutches in hand in case I needed them which I didn’t. He performed the Thompson test and then told me that I don’t need to see him anymore. I am discharged!
I asked him about calf stretches and he [...]
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Hi all,
I had a full rupture on 24 Aug 2015. I was doing a crossfit wod which included heavy deadlifts, banded sprints and chest-to-bar pull-ups. I had never done a banded sprint before, I actually thought we were supposed to do a banded bear crawl which I had done before. So I picked [...]
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