Achilles Tendon Rupture Recovery

My doctor recommended that I start my physical therapy at the week 6 mark, but I started at week 7 due to some paperwork issues with my insurance.
I have been going to PT about twice a week, and overall I think it’s been very helpful in my recovery.
Here’s my post regarding my first [...]

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AchillesBlog NYC Marathon Widget is now available. You can see it in action on the left sidebar of my page.
It keeps track of your recovery progress starting from your surgery date to 365 days afterwards.
From that, it figures out where you are in your recovery in terms of the NYC mararathon.
(Update: You [...]

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Another milestone of sorts. I am officially out of the boot starting today! My ankle feels fairly good, and I’ve been walking around outside appreciating the newfound normalcy without the guilt of not following my doctor’s protocol. I have an obvious limp, and I am a bit hesitant to push off with [...]

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I had my first physical therapy session yesterday. The physical therapist was excellent, as he really took the time and was very good to work with.
He mentioned that my ROM is very good, and that I was recovering very well. I asked him whether there are any chances of me stretching out my [...]

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I can’t believe it’s already been 7 weeks since my surgery. The injury, the day of the surgery, and the day after the surgery are fresh on my mind as if it happened yesterday, but everything else is blended into a giant lump of clouded memory. The cloud of memory mostly consist of [...]

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