Tanay’s ATR blog

My uncle, who is a former professional basketball arranged a experienced surgeon with sports injuries. I talked with him(surgeon) on the phone, he recomended that a early operation in an advantage and offered me to do it that night.  I had my surgery at 12.00pm. It was succesful according to the surgeon.  The next day I was in the bed all day. The first inspection was OK, no swelling and bleeding. It was important because I have had an asprin before the soccer game because of a slight backache. The doctor said I may experiece some bleeding, but thanks god and the great surgeon, I didn’t. The other day I went to rehabititaiton department, to walk with just pressing 10kg.  Also I learned the execises to keep my right upper leg muscles strong. Third day I was at home. Today I had my third dressing for my wound. Everything is Ok until now.

Hi,

I have found this blog, while searching for information on the internet. I would like to say hi to everybody suffering from ATR and in recovery period. I am an amateur bodybuilder, 188cm (6′  3”) 107kg (240lbs.).  Here is my story…

I have ruptured my right achilles tendon on wednesday 21st at 8.00pm while playing soccer. I play soccer since I was a kid. I was playing every week  for a couple of years. 6 months ago I had broken both of my toe nails and I made break. This match was my third after the return. It happened within the last 5 minutes of the game, so I was warm enough. I was running, I felt like somebody hit me. When I found out that nobody was behind, I understood that there is something wrong with my achilles. I took out my sock immidiately to check, and realized the gap, and faced with the truth. I was about to faint because of fear, but there was almost no pain. I didn’t even contacted the calf muscle. I sit for a couple of minutes and drink a glass of water to calm down. I asked on of my friends to take me to the hospital immidiately. The first doctor said it was probably a partial tear, because I was able to control my feet very slightly and apply some power. I wanted to believe him and think positive, but I was thinking of the gap. The second doctor who I think more experieced checked my tendon and said that it is a complete rupture, the slight movement and power is applied with toe tendons.  At that moment I knew that I would need a surgery. I had MRI scan to see the exact situation.  Now I was waiting for the surgery…