I have to say that this week felt as the best one - progress wise.

I have been walking with a small limp at home, which actually gets better when I am wearing sneakers (barefooted walking is much more limpy).

I am using my tendon each step, not stretching it fully or putting all weight on it, but I do feel it working and assisting me make the step.

Conducted a self Thompson test - my bad leg moves exactly as it should when I squeeze the calf muscles!

It moves much less than my good leg during the test, but it’s due to the much weaker calf muscles that are building up on my bad leg.

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Switched gears in PT, now being able to easily balance on the bad leg.

With my ankle ROM being almost 70° - I have started to work on strengthening my surrounding muscles and stretching the calf so that my whole knee will be able to bend further, with my entire body weight on it.

I would say that it’s half way there, compared to my good leg bending.

Also got myself a Head magnetic stationary bike, to warm up and exercise at home:

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Got the stool out of the shower, now standing up like a proud men while showering!

Swelling is no better and no worse than the last couple of weeks - it swells up a little around the ankle bones in the evening, bot there is no pain whatsoever.

The Good:

• Sleeping without the boot is epic!
• Walking around the house, getting confident
• Right (good) knee pains subdued a lot
• ROM = -50°; +16

The Bad:

• Had a scare squatting accidentally on my tendon while barefooted, but was able to shift weight fast to my good leg and avoid full stretch
• Trying to step sideways fast - stretched the ankle muscles abruptly, but since I was in the boot - no harm to the tendon, except some swelling above the tendon in the calf by the evening.
This is why wearing the boot is still important at this stage!!! - I am sure I would have damaged the AT if I was in normal shoes.