NHS recovery plan
Rehabilitation
For both surgical and non-surgical treatments you will need to stretch and strengthen your calf muscles to help the injury heal while wearing the cast or brace.
Once the cast or brace is removed you will need to gradually increase your activity to strengthen the tendon.
Always seek advice from a Chartered Physiotherapist who can assess and treat you according to your individual needs. It’s most likely that they would offer:
- soft tissue techniques to soften the scar tissue which may include ultrasound therapy
- specific and safe methods to stretch your Achilles tendon and calf muscle
- appropriate strengthening exercises depending on the method of treatment and when you got the injury
- mobilise and loosen any stiff joints, this occurs more frequently following a cast/brace
