my ATR - achilles tendon rupture

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    • Name: bennet
      Location: Shanghai
      Injured during: Squash
      Which Leg: L
      Status: 2-Shoes

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Can you straighten out your leg?

Posted by bennet on May 13, 2009

So i had surgery done almost 24 hours now.  Still waiting for the physio to give me my air cast so i can go home.  While on crutches this morning, i noticed that my left leg (the one that had surgery on) seems much shorter than my right leg.  My left foot is pointed down and I can’t seem to straighten out my left leg to make it even with my right foot.  It’s almost like the surgeon “shortened” my tendon too much…

This is probably normal and through PT, you gradually lengthen or stretch out the tendon but seems very weird right now.  Thoughts?

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