First post at 8 weeks
My injury occurred on 9/23/2016 and a few days later I found AchillesBlog.com. I normally don’t participate in online forums (except my Jeep forum) but found AchillesBlog and the posts from other people so helpful I’m sharing my recovery so maybe it will help someone else.
My stats: 46yrold male; left Achilles rupture - playing basketball; surgery with graft 4 days post injury; yesterday was 8 weeks post surgery
Course of treatment and Progress: Splint for a week, and then a series of three casts with different foot angle for 7 weeks, then a boot. My cast was removed at week 6 due to a minor wound infection. While my cast did not itch too much, I broke out in hives and had itching all over my body. When the cast was removed it revealed a dermatitis that was becoming cellulitis. A course of antibiotics cleared it right up and I was cleared yesterday to begin PWB with boot and one crutch for a week, then begin physical therapy the following week for 2-3x’s a week. I have two heel lifts in my boot and doc said to remove one in a week. I’ve been doing range of motion exercise on my own for about a week. Previously I’ve been "walking" with an i-walk 2.0 and cant recommend it enough , it made the NWB period bearable. I’m able to drive as its my left foot, and I returned to work a few weeks ago.
Goals: Researching this injury made me understand this is a very long healing process. So I’m setting incremental goals. I’m going on a Caribbean vacation in about 60 days and want to be able to walk somewhat normally. I would really like to walk on the sandy beaches but I’ll see how my recovery goes as I heard walking on sand is tough initially.
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