Foot problems

This probably isn’t the most pleasant to read blog, but has anybody else experienced severe dry skin on the bottom of their bad foot? I’m cleaning it the best I can and putting on lotion, but the skin is callusing and looks quite unsightly. I believe it is because I’m not walking on it to [...]

Thank you everyone!

Hi everyone, thanks for all of the replies! It really makes me feel better that I’m not in this alone…right now I’m about 4 weeks post op and was placed in a partial cast/splint, whatever you call it. The nurse actually cut my cast in half and wrapped it in a splint so I am [...]

5 week update

Today I saw the doctor because I had a minor accident where I partially fell on my bad foot. I had the splint on, but it still hurt pretty bad and was scary as hell…luckily, everything is still intact. I am now in a partial splint, which I can remove to do ROM exercises. I [...]

just found this site!

Hi everyone, I ruptured my left Achilles tendon on 4/11 trying to play basketball. I wish that I could say I was doing a reverse lay-up, slam dunk or something cool. I don’t quite know what happened, I believe I simply lost my footing and was trying to recover. I could have sworn somebody [...]