25 Months …
Its been 25 months since my ATR. I joined the ATR club by going back to squash after 3 months off due to a motorbike crash, and playing at full power for 3 days in a row. What was i thinking !!
Anyway here I am 25 months later, fitter than ever and doing plenty of crazy stuff. Squash, Moto x enduro, running, jumping etc. So i really just wanted to give those people out there who have just joined the club or are in the process of recovering, that you will get back to normal.
I was talking with the wife the other day about how scared i was once i ruptured my achillies and how you feel helpless and all those questions that run through your mind. You know the ones i mean…. 
It seems so long ago now and i really do not think about the injury at all. The main message i got from this injury was to look after my body. Most of us have got here by ‘pushing’ things a little too far. So now i take recovery time between big work outs and let my body rebuild itself. Other than that its business as usual.
Get well all those behind me and once you believe you will recover. Then just enjoy the down time because it will end
Jules
Neat-o, JJ!
Hi Norm, hope you are well. I read with interest your blog on the lack of d flex causing issues. I remember when I got my vacoped from Germany it came with a chart of what settings to use each week etc. It showed very early on to set +ve dorsiflex and keep increasing it.
The Bodies bio engineering is very complicated and the crude idea of ‘just fixing a tendon short to be safe’ will always have knock on effects throughout the whole body. Trouble is the body can compensate without us really being aware. My Physio showed me (and still does) ways to check you are in balance. It’s amazing to see you have a slight rotating at the hip to compensate for an ankle injury and the hip will wear out if you don’t re correct.
Saying that unless we drink long life Fully synthetic oil something will wear out in the end
Cool message Jules and great to hear about your recovery. Sure you are right many of us might have pushed it a bit, lesson learned, as well as many other valuable lessons with this injury.