Injured both achilles tendons VERY frustrating

Congrats! Are you able to walk without a limp in the boot? I am at 5 weeks now, PWB in the boot, and am hoping to ditch the crutches sometime next week. Do you think that is reasonable?

Thanks!

Travis

I guess you cant go wrong with the conservative approach, after going through the same injury on my right leg, I just want to get back to at least walking asap. The doctor did say to do ankle excercises twice a day for 10 minutes. I wear the boot all day, I dont wear it to bed everynight, I just rest my leg on the pillow. Thanks for the encouragement

I had questions about the conservative approach myself. My doc recommened letting the achilles go through it’s biological healing before putting stress on it. Now reaping the benefits of it. Right at 5 months and doing everything except not back on tennis courts yet. Should be there in a month. As always listen to your body and it there is sharp pain,stop. A little discomfort and stress is more of an indicator of working the tendons and muscles. Step by Step, Day by Day and you’ll be back sooner than you think.

My doctor, too, is very conservative (at least in relation to the blogs appearing here.) I was 4.5 weeks in a cast, and now 3 weeks in a boot, still NWB. I do one simple exercise three times a day. At week 7.5 I finally get the heel wedges and go to PWB. And that’s if she feels everything is going well. I have the same concern as you, since my calf is shrinking alarmingly. And, of course, I’m becoming increasingly incensed at having to maneuver about on crutches! However, from my careful reading of the blogs, her treatment is conservative, but common enough.

I’m 10 weeks post op, and just ditched the boot today. I don’t think going out of it at 7 weeks is too bad. You can still be doing some light physio during the next while. In my opinion the boot is a good thing since it allows your upper leg to get a much better workout than if you had no boot. You can still take the boot off to do calf specific ROM exercises and very light strengthening.

Yes, I thought I about reached the end of the internet by about day 7! Better once you get the walking boot. Still awkward and frustrating, but better. One thing I learned with the hard cast on is that and ice bag on the outside of the cast still feels good (along with keeping it elevated as much as possible).
Good luck
Tracer

My other injury was a rupture, it was a partial tear so I walked around with a slight limp

You have me incredibly curious. Was your other Achilles injury also a rupture? How’d you go so long and were still able to function?

Thanks, found out today that it was torn, surgery is tomorrow, there was no mri done, the doctor did the thompsons test and said it was torn, I have the exact symptoms from when I tore the other one. I am glad that surgery is tomorrow so I can get started with the recovery. He said I could opt not to have surgery and just have a cast but it would still be about the same recovery time. From what I have read, surgery in my case ( i am 43, sometimes a weekend warrior ) would be best.

Really sorry to hear about this. Scariest thing for me is after I recover if I re-rupture again or rupture my other leg. Hang in there.