Matts Arghhhcilles Non-Operative Tendon Rupture Blog

I am currently 10 weeks and a day after my rupture and all is going well. I survived my US trip and the achilles did not slow me down or inhibit me as much as I thought it would.

I am no longer using my boot and walking around in 2 shoes and that is great, my walking speed is also not too bad and I feel like I am at a stage now where it is a normal injury. I have had plenty of injuries in the past and you just get on with life with some pain or a limp or some other impairment.
In the early stages of an achilles rupture if feels so much worse than a normal injury, now I feel like it is just a normal injury and I am able to get on with my day with only slight interruption.

I have been given a new exercise to do:- I roll up a towel and place my foot on it and bring my straight leg over the top stretching the achilles and also loosening the other ankle muscles. I have to do 5 x 30 seconds. It makes my walk so much easier after I have done it.

I am back to see my OS on Wednesday 9/9/15 and will report what he has to say then!