Today marks 3 weeks from most operation! (Woo hoo!) I can already feel the tendon starting to stretch. I’m able to put a very small amount of weight on the foot, and balance in an awkward stance, but hey, it still looks like progress to me! Can’t wait to ditch the crutches and hopefully start walking next week, as my doctor said I would be able too. Any tips for walking without crutches? Or for first weight bearing? Thanks for the support, and hope everyone has a full recovery!
I think that I need to begin this blog with a very important piece of advice that you all probably know already: if something hurts, don’t keep going. Unfortunately, I did not follow my own advice. My Achilles was sore this summer when training for track. I didn’t think much of it so I kept running, but also iced it every night, convincing myself that it would be fine. The day that I actually injured my Achilles was a very active one, which might have also been a possibility as to why it happened. But in the end, it came down to an intramural, just for fun, indoor soccer game. As I began to run towards the ball, I suddenly felt like someone had kicked me in the back of the leg. So I turned around, to ask a girl who was about 4 feet away from me “Wait… did you kick me in the back of the leg?” She said no, and that’s when I knew what happened. The MRI confirmed it was a full tear. Anyways, that was about three weeks ago. I had my surgery almost 2 weeks ago exactly and I’m in a walking boot and using crutches! The boot is at a 45 degree angle and I move it 3 degrees every day so that it will eventually be back at 90 degrees… then I can start walking again *yay!* Isn’t it the strangest feeling when you try to dorsi flex your foot and it barely moves? Anyone know how long it takes to get that flexibility again?
