Comments for leder's AchillesBlog http://AchillesBlog.com/leder Just another AchillesBlog.com weblog Fri, 24 May 2013 16:24:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on 17 weeks - I ran…sort of by Dino http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/2011/06/23/17-weeks-i-ransort-of/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Dino Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:20:12 +0000 http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/?p=21#comment-28 Leder!! Hey man nice to be back here and see your development getting even better. As for me I was discharge from my MD this July 13...last wenesday., and told me I can get into my shoe..I mean shoes...hehe..a milestone for us. That was my ninth week post op. I have been riding since week eigth with the boot around NYC and since they took off my boot I have been doing some milleage on the bicyles again..past weekend I did at least 40 miles. I feel preety good and have been massaging the ankle area for circulation but over all the MD seems to be amazed by my improvement. Doing all the execercises as well religiously and some. My PT told me that I was making her job easy. I feel good about the recovery now and found out in the process how impatient I am....being an avid cyclist the MD advised me to just take it slow and get strong by following the PT instructions. I have a few techniques that made my leg stronger one of which is swimming on my eight week. I will keep you up to date on my road to a stronger AT. Thanks again....DINO Leder!! Hey man nice to be back here and see your development getting even better. As for me I was discharge from my MD this July 13…last wenesday., and told me I can get into my shoe..I mean shoes…hehe..a milestone for us. That was my ninth week post op. I have been riding since week eigth with the boot around NYC and since they took off my boot I have been doing some milleage on the bicyles again..past weekend I did at least 40 miles. I feel preety good and have been massaging the ankle area for circulation but over all the MD seems to be amazed by my improvement. Doing all the execercises as well religiously and some. My PT told me that I was making her job easy. I feel good about the recovery now and found out in the process how impatient I am….being an avid cyclist the MD advised me to just take it slow and get strong by following the PT instructions. I have a few techniques that made my leg stronger one of which is swimming on my eight week. I will keep you up to date on my road to a stronger AT. Thanks again….DINO

]]> Comment on 17 weeks - I ran…sort of by grant http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/2011/06/23/17-weeks-i-ransort-of/comment-page-1/#comment-27 grant Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:58:02 +0000 http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/?p=21#comment-27 I returned to soccer at just under 5 months. At this point i can run for miles, but am unable to reach a sprinting speed. my diagnosis leads me single leg calf raises. my inability for my bad leg to push off keeps me from being able to find an upper gear while running. it sounds like you are doing fairly well with the 1 legged calf raises, so keep up the good work. Get those calf raises close to normal and you should be ready for some serious work. I started focusing on the running too much and should have focused on the calf raises more. I am going to continue to run during soccer but will spend my training time working on the calf raises so that I can regain my speed. remember, for every workout you owe yourself 2 stretching sessions!! 2 to 1 stretching to exercising or tendon owner beware. good luck. I returned to soccer at just under 5 months. At this point i can run for miles, but am unable to reach a sprinting speed. my diagnosis leads me single leg calf raises. my inability for my bad leg to push off keeps me from being able to find an upper gear while running. it sounds like you are doing fairly well with the 1 legged calf raises, so keep up the good work. Get those calf raises close to normal and you should be ready for some serious work. I started focusing on the running too much and should have focused on the calf raises more. I am going to continue to run during soccer but will spend my training time working on the calf raises so that I can regain my speed. remember, for every workout you owe yourself 2 stretching sessions!! 2 to 1 stretching to exercising or tendon owner beware. good luck.

]]> Comment on 17 weeks - I ran…sort of by suthrnman http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/2011/06/23/17-weeks-i-ransort-of/comment-page-1/#comment-26 suthrnman Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:45:20 +0000 http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/?p=21#comment-26 Hey Leder, I am at 18 weeks post atr and our progress seems pretty close. I can do a slow jog; however, I am not a runner, so don't really care to work on that. I am a cyclist and do find that to be helpful. Lately, with the 100 degree heat, I have been hitting the gym and using the elliptical machine. These machines do work well since they don't really stress the Achilles. Yesterday I used the treadmill and set it at 2 incline and 4 mph. I found that I could use the cheater rails and walk clean with no limp. After about 15 minutes, I actually loosened up and walked pretty clean without touching the rails for another ten minutes. As far as heel raises, I can press about 140 lbs on the scale and I weigh 175 lbs, so I still have a ways to go. Blessings, pk Hey Leder,
I am at 18 weeks post atr and our progress seems pretty close. I can do a slow jog; however, I am not a runner, so don’t really care to work on that. I am a cyclist and do find that to be helpful.

Lately, with the 100 degree heat, I have been hitting the gym and using the elliptical machine. These machines do work well since they don’t really stress the Achilles.

Yesterday I used the treadmill and set it at 2 incline and 4 mph. I found that I could use the cheater rails and walk clean with no limp. After about 15 minutes, I actually loosened up and walked pretty clean without touching the rails for another ten minutes.

As far as heel raises, I can press about 140 lbs on the scale and I weigh 175 lbs, so I still have a ways to go.

Blessings, pk

]]> Comment on 13 Weeks - Riding Outdoors Again!!! by Leder http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/2011/05/26/13-weeks-riding-outdoors-again/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Leder Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:16:33 +0000 http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/?p=18#comment-25 Hey Dino, I did not do anything for my uninjured leg, it came back so fast that I don't regret that decision in the least. The good leg probably did 70% of the work on the bike at first and after about a month I bet it is still 55-60%. I actually emailed professional triathlete Brian Rhodes right after my injury, he too has gone through this and returned to the top 10 in many of the biggest races around the world. (he also won 2 Ironman races pre-injury). So this just goes to show you will get back, it is just time. He told me that his biggest issue coming back was running and compensation issues, but 5 months post injury he was competing again and actually won the race! Plan on putting the ss's aside at first as you will want the gears to help you up hills. Maybe you will be able to, but I can't get out of the saddle so I have yet to ride my ss yet, but soon... I am actually in the city all the time, live in Red Bank, NJ. Have you ever done the ride up to Bear Mountain, I believe it is a century from Manhattan...it is on my list of rides to do. Sean Hey Dino,

I did not do anything for my uninjured leg, it came back so fast that I don’t regret that decision in the least. The good leg probably did 70% of the work on the bike at first and after about a month I bet it is still 55-60%.

I actually emailed professional triathlete Brian Rhodes right after my injury, he too has gone through this and returned to the top 10 in many of the biggest races around the world. (he also won 2 Ironman races pre-injury). So this just goes to show you will get back, it is just time.

He told me that his biggest issue coming back was running and compensation issues, but 5 months post injury he was competing again and actually won the race!

Plan on putting the ss’s aside at first as you will want the gears to help you up hills. Maybe you will be able to, but I can’t get out of the saddle so I have yet to ride my ss yet, but soon…

I am actually in the city all the time, live in Red Bank, NJ. Have you ever done the ride up to Bear Mountain, I believe it is a century from Manhattan…it is on my list of rides to do.

Sean

]]> Comment on 13 Weeks - Riding Outdoors Again!!! by Dino http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/2011/05/26/13-weeks-riding-outdoors-again/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Dino Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:04:05 +0000 http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/?p=18#comment-24 Leder Thanks for the reply...sounds promising and certainly gave me a moral boost. I live in New York City and I rely on my bike for transportation work and pleasure...I was riding at least 40 miles a day alternating 3 bicycles one road bike and 2 single speed before injjury...so you know how I feel. I basically try to avoid the subway 100% if I can but now I have no choice. I've been doin a lot of upperbody workout for the past couple of weeks and going around town on crutches is a good workout too. Do you suggest or did you do any leg workout with the injured leg while on cast or boot...? Thanks again..hope you'll increase the mileage soon. Dino Leder
Thanks for the reply…sounds promising and certainly gave me a moral boost. I live in New York City and I rely on my bike for transportation work and pleasure…I was riding at least 40 miles a day alternating 3 bicycles one road bike and 2 single speed before injjury…so you know how I feel. I basically try to avoid the subway 100% if I can but now I have no choice. I’ve been doin a lot of upperbody workout for the past couple of weeks and going around town on crutches is a good workout too. Do you suggest or did you do any leg workout with the injured leg while on cast or boot…? Thanks again..hope you’ll increase the mileage soon.
Dino

]]> Comment on 13 Weeks - Riding Outdoors Again!!! by leder http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/2011/05/26/13-weeks-riding-outdoors-again/comment-page-1/#comment-23 leder Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:32:37 +0000 http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/?p=18#comment-23 Hey Dino, Sorry to hear about your injury, it certainly isn't an easy one to work through, but you get there slowly. I had asked my doctor at 6 weeks when he took off my cast and put me into the boot if I could ride indoors with the boot and he was worried about compensation issues that could occur so I waited until 10 weeks. At 10 weeks I started with 20 minutes the first day and worked up by 2-5 minutes each day until I got to an hour, I also made sure to take off every 3rd or 4th day to not overdo it. I did this for about 3 weeks and then I was cleared to go outside. I can definitely tell that my injured leg is much weaker than the other. My riding is nowhere near where I was, but the improvement is encouraging. This past weekend, just short of 14 weeks I rode almost 85 miles over the 3 day weekend. If you read, I had a second surgery because I either had a stitch coming out or I tore it open by moving too aggressively...I lost about 2 weeks time from this so he may even start you earlier. Even when I was on crutches in the cast I went to the gym to do upper body workouts on the machines (no freeweights) or I would just do light dumbbells/pushups/crunches at home. Maybe it didn't do much physically for me, but mentally I still felt like I was being somewhat active. I have now been in PT for 3.5 weeks and it really makes a different, get in as soon as you safely can. Hey Dino,

Sorry to hear about your injury, it certainly isn’t an easy one to work through, but you get there slowly.

I had asked my doctor at 6 weeks when he took off my cast and put me into the boot if I could ride indoors with the boot and he was worried about compensation issues that could occur so I waited until 10 weeks.

At 10 weeks I started with 20 minutes the first day and worked up by 2-5 minutes each day until I got to an hour, I also made sure to take off every 3rd or 4th day to not overdo it. I did this for about 3 weeks and then I was cleared to go outside.

I can definitely tell that my injured leg is much weaker than the other. My riding is nowhere near where I was, but the improvement is encouraging. This past weekend, just short of 14 weeks I rode almost 85 miles over the 3 day weekend.

If you read, I had a second surgery because I either had a stitch coming out or I tore it open by moving too aggressively…I lost about 2 weeks time from this so he may even start you earlier. Even when I was on crutches in the cast I went to the gym to do upper body workouts on the machines (no freeweights) or I would just do light dumbbells/pushups/crunches at home. Maybe it didn’t do much physically for me, but mentally I still felt like I was being somewhat active.

I have now been in PT for 3.5 weeks and it really makes a different, get in as soon as you safely can.

]]> Comment on 13 Weeks - Riding Outdoors Again!!! by Dino http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/2011/05/26/13-weeks-riding-outdoors-again/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Dino Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:35:30 +0000 http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/?p=18#comment-22 Hi Leder...I'm a cyclist as well and just about 5 weeks post surgery...visited my doctor last week and told me to come back and he will take off the second cast June 22nd. I missed my bikes so much and all I think about is when I can ride again. When did you jump back on the bike indoor? Hi Leder…I’m a cyclist as well and just about 5 weeks post surgery…visited my doctor last week and told me to come back and he will take off the second cast June 22nd. I missed my bikes so much and all I think about is when I can ride again. When did you jump back on the bike indoor?

]]> Comment on 13 Weeks - Riding Outdoors Again!!! by leder http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/2011/05/26/13-weeks-riding-outdoors-again/comment-page-1/#comment-21 leder Fri, 27 May 2011 19:28:40 +0000 http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/?p=18#comment-21 Yes, it was...right after riding where my left leg (good leg) was doing the majority of the work and probably stiffened up more than the right. Now that I have loosened up from the workout, the flexibility in my left leg is much better than that of the injured leg. My guess is that you were thinking about the tendon healing long...I have been doing a lot of stretching in PT, but it is no where near the normal flexibility of my left leg. Yes, it was…right after riding where my left leg (good leg) was doing the majority of the work and probably stiffened up more than the right.

Now that I have loosened up from the workout, the flexibility in my left leg is much better than that of the injured leg.

My guess is that you were thinking about the tendon healing long…I have been doing a lot of stretching in PT, but it is no where near the normal flexibility of my left leg.

]]> Comment on 13 Weeks - Riding Outdoors Again!!! by normofthenorth http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/2011/05/26/13-weeks-riding-outdoors-again/comment-page-1/#comment-20 normofthenorth Fri, 27 May 2011 04:20:37 +0000 http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/?p=18#comment-20 That extra flexibility isn't extra dorsiflexion ROM, is it? That extra flexibility isn’t extra dorsiflexion ROM, is it?

]]> Comment on 11 Weeks + 3 Days - began PT 3 days ago by hjacobs http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/2011/05/13/11-weeks-3-days-began-pt-3-days-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-19 hjacobs Fri, 13 May 2011 22:26:03 +0000 http://AchillesBlog.com/leder/?p=15#comment-19 Good Job, I am at week 6 and starting my Physio Tuesday, since my therapist also goes to the same gym she actually has been working with me since the hard cast has come off about 2.5 weeks ago. Its amazing how fast my comeback is, Last Saturday I could not even balance on my left foot, now I can at least balance with a bit of wobble. I can do toe presses, with no hyper extension so only lifts. With my toe against the wall I can now bring my bad legs knee to the wall with what amounts to just a very mild stretch. Like you I have been biking and now use the elliptical as well, last week I could barely use the elliptical, but now I am almost up to my old speed, through I have to work on my getting my endurance back. I did not want to start on more aggressive strength training until I formally see her in Physio. But I did meet up with the Ortho dr. in the pool, who said I can run flat footed as soon as I can do so comfortably. So far I can't do it comfortably, I figure may 4 - 8 more weeks. My muscle and tendon are to tight to get a comfortable stride at this point. But soon Harry Good Job, I am at week 6 and starting my Physio Tuesday, since my therapist also goes to the same gym she actually has been working with me since the hard cast has come off about 2.5 weeks ago.

Its amazing how fast my comeback is, Last Saturday I could not even balance on my left foot, now I can at least balance with a bit of wobble. I can do toe presses, with no hyper extension so only lifts. With my toe against the wall I can now bring my bad legs knee to the wall with what amounts to just a very mild stretch.

Like you I have been biking and now use the elliptical as well, last week I could barely use the elliptical, but now I am almost up to my old speed, through I have to work on my getting my endurance back.

I did not want to start on more aggressive strength training until I formally see her in Physio. But I did meet up with the Ortho dr. in the pool, who said I can run flat footed as soon as I can do so comfortably.

So far I can’t do it comfortably, I figure may 4 - 8 more weeks. My muscle and tendon are to tight to get a comfortable stride at this point. But soon

Harry

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