I’m at week 10 in a few days and feeling pretty good… walking barefoot is fine, push off strength is next to nothing.. But now I’m faced with a decision, my ankle wasn’t right before this happened, read about it here. My doctor said that it almost certainly put more strain on the [...]
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I admit that I enjoy watching The Biggest Loser. Since tearing my Achilles though I just watch that show and wonder how they never have Achilles tears. It seems like the perfect opportunity for one to present itself, going from almost no activity to a lot of activity and many times being over [...]
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My instructions for week 6-10 were rather vague. The instructions on boot use and adjustment were clear, but out of boot time was not as clear. Since the day of surgery I was told to move my foot as much as possible to get blood flowing and keep range of motion, this was [...]
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8 week check-in, things seem to be going good, standing and walking with no boot on feels ok, but it’s also tight and I haven’t been pushing it much as I’m supposed to still be using the boot.
Appearing to follow the protocol of one of the studies I found, my doctor mentioned to take my [...]
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I’m walking without crutches!!! Today I set my crutches down and just started walking, it’s awesome! It’s 7 weeks to the almost minute of when I got out of surgery. So far my ideas of “what I’m going to do now” have been met with an uncomfortable pause and a question along the lines of, [...]
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Today I had my 6-week checkup and I got the Ferrari of walking boots, the VacoCast. I can’t tell you how much more amazing this is over the crappy walking boot you normally get, and just another example of my doctor going above and beyond. The comfort level is great, how natural it feels walking [...]
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