Achilles Tendon Rupture Recovery

I can’t believe that I passed my 2nd year ATR anniversary without even noticing. I ruptured my left Achilles playing basketball Feb 8th 2008, and I let Feb 8th 2010 slip by without any mention of my ATR to anyone.
Doc Ross, thanks for writing about your 2nd year anniversary! That led me [...]

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It’s been a while since my last post, but I’ve been checking the site everyday reading everyone’s posts during my free time here and there.  I am still amazed by how many people are on the site, and we now have close to 200 Achilles Bloggers.  That’s a lot of people healing, recovering, and working [...]

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I’ve hit the 6-month recovery mark!
I hadn’t played tennis in over a year, and I ventured out to play this past weekend on a dry, warm summer day.
A good college friend of mine happened to be in the city, and he brought his tennis racquet with him. I got to the courts [...]

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If you check the Marathon Tracker, you’ll now see at the bottom of the table, the averages for age, days to PWB, days to FWB, and days to 2-shoes for all the AchillesBloggers who have updated their Achilles Profile. Some warnings: these are just numbers from a small sample size. Everyone heals at different rates.. [...]

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It’s been nearly 5 months since my achilles surgery, and I am trotting along on this marathon of a recovery. According to the marathon tracker, I am still in Brooklyn around the Clinton Hill area. Still 7 miles to go until I cross the Queensboro Bridge into Mahattan.
Here’s what my legs look [...]

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