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Hi, I am 56 years old and at my 12 week mark. I did not have surgery, and all I had is the boot. I am now in PT 3x a week. I have started have sharp stubbing pains on both sides of my heel. How anyone else had that problem.
Hey fellow Achilles warriors, I’m 44 and here I am 3 weeks post surgery, and going bonkers with boredom. I’m usually quite active and now totally dormant. I still have a cast on for two more weeks then I really don’t know what happens next. Reading many of the posts I have realized that this is a very long difficult road to recovery. So I guess I’ll sell my dirt bike and buy another when I’m healed completely. I figured I’d be good in 3 to 4 months tops, guess that isn’t the case, oh well! Does anyone know where to get a shower bag for my cast?
If you can talk your Doc into getting you into a boot soon, you’ll be washing your “naked” leg before you get used to using a cast-protector. Check my blog and the linked studies for some protocols that have been tested in scientific studies.
“One suggested treatment or protocol should not be considered any better than another,” but boots are better than casts for ATRs, period! And protocols that have been tested scientifically and have been proven to work well have been tested scientifically and have been proven to work well. (I’ve linked a few on my blog pages.)
Also, any protocol that gets you off crutches and washing your leg sooner, will be easier on your body, your mind, and your life. (If it’s better for your AT, too, as they seem to be, that’s a bonus!)
This time (second ATR, I’ve done both sides now!) when I was still NWB, I just used a black garbage bag, microfiber towel wrapped around the top of the boot (No cast this time at all), and a nice 1″W Velcro elastic strap (Dollar store) around my leg. It worked very well each time, and I reused the same bag until my PT said it was time to shower out of the boot (CAREFULLY and NERVOUSLY!) at maybe 4 or 5 weeks. (My blog probably remembers when.)
If you really want a commercial version of the garbage bag, several are recommended here — check out To Help with Showering and Swim - Cast Covers. You could get one from a surgical supply store, a store in physio clinics, eBay, maybe Craigslist, or online suppliers.
Some have you shove the cast through a rubber diaphragm, some are heavier-plastic versions of the garbage bag, some have vacuum pumps or the like to make the seal. I bought one on eBay 8-ish yrs ago for my first ATR, and even with a pretty slow rehab protocol I hardly had a chance to use it by the time it arrived.