Had a physio come to my house over the weekend, a friend of my sister’s (who is a brilliant sports physio with 30 years experience but whom unfortunately lives 1500kms away!!), who says he owes her a lot so is going to treat me as a favour to her. Happy days, because I am not [...]

Had my first post-op appointment today, and the sutures out, which was a little ouchy but not too bad. The wound looks great, no problems there at all.
Much to my delight I was told I would go into a range of motion boot, rather than the fibreglass cast recommended in my op report.
The [...]

Had a bit of a fall last night, and before I could get my bad foot out of the way, caught some weight on my big toe. Didn’t feel too bad at the time, but today I have some aching in what I assume is the wound area…hopefully this is just a normal part [...]

Just wondering at what point of recovery folks found themselves able to do any cardio training…and what kind of training did you do? I know its early days for me but I am concerned about weight gain….I am already carrying about 10kgs too many and really don’t want it to blow out. Any advice most [...]

Hi everyone!
I am a 36 yr old woman in Brisbane Australia, I suffered a complete rupture 16 days ago (well nights ago actually)…it was my birthday, we had been out and had a few drinks, and we were dancing around my loungeroom….when all of a sudden I thought something had fallen from the ceiling onto [...]

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