Achilles Tendon Rupture Recovery

I have taken a break for almost two weeks from jogging as my achilles felt sore and uncomfortable for several days after my 2nd jogging experience. My achilles finally feels better, and I went to the gym for another 15 minute walk-jog and other exercises. This time, I walked a bit longer, [...]

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Creating AchillesBlog T-shirts has been more difficult than I had anticipated. Good news is that I think I’ve found the right place to print the T-shirts for us, and I ordered some sample white T-shirts to make sure that I print the designs on the best quality (and softest) T-shirts.
My brother, who is studying [...]

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So day 2 of my treadmill jogging went fairly well, but it took a lot of self-restraint to stop myself from pushing too hard.
I set the timer to 15 minutes, and I started on a walk for about 5 minutes. I then steadily increased the speed until I was jogging at a slow pace. [...]

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My heel has been feeling much better past couple of days. Walking, I noticed that I am now able to push off naturally most of the time. There is still a twinge of uncomfortable strain every now and then to remind me that I am still not 100%.
I hopped on the treadmill at [...]

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I just had hopefully my last post-op visit with my surgeon, and it looks like my recovery is going fairly well. He briefly examined my achilles and said that I am doing well, with close to normal ROM.
He said that I am cleared for any exercise except the ones that I love. [...]

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