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Calf Stretching and Achilles Lengthening - Let’s Settle This!

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As I have expressed before, my second biggest fear during my recovery is lengthening of the achilles to the point where I lose athletic ability.  My greatest fear is of course re-rupture.  Though I know what to be careful of regarding re-rupture, I feel much less confident about tendon lengthening, specifically what role stretching plays [...]

Porcupine-Man! Week 8 Update

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I’m a few days over 8 weeks post-op now, and had my last scheduled doctor’s visit on Thursday.  From this point on it’s just as needed.  I knew my surgeon had taken a job elsewhere, so I had fully expected to not see him and to have to deal with some inexperienced VA student or [...]