Too much too soon!! January 5, 2009
Posted by neteng in Uncategorized.trackback
I am a 34 year old male with a desk job that thought it was a good idea to get back in shape. I played organized sports and pickup games regularly until my first son was born 7 years ago. Since then I now have a 4 year old son as well and haven’t had a lot of free time. In October 2008 I started going to the gym weekly. Then in November a co-worker invited me to play in an informal basketball league at a local high school gym on Monday nights. The second Monday night (11/24/2008) of basketball I tore my left AT about 30 minutes into the game. I wasn’t doing anything explosive like jumping or sprinting. I was simply planting on my left foot to change the direction I was dribbling. I didn’t hear a pop but felt a sharp burining pain above my heal.
I had thought that somebody from another court had dove after a ball and kicked me in the heal. I hobbled off the court and asked who (or what) hit me. When they told me that nobody was near me I immediatly suspected it was my achilles.
I drove home and my wife (an RN) drove me to her hospital’s ER and they confirmed it was a complete rupture. I left with a splint and had an appointment scheduled for that Friday morning with the Ortho Surgeon. My surgery was scheduled for the next Tuesday morning 12/2/2008.
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