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Hi all,
First of all, I would like to thanks for the creator and the contibutors for this valuable blog/website.
I have completed my first month succesfully without any complications yesterday. I am more comfortable with the crutches. I am following my doctor’s roadmap while trying to have more information and share experiences about this injury on this blog. My doctor stated that he had done around 1000 ATR surgeries, and experieced no rerupture. As it may seem a little unrealistic, I have to and want to believe him since I am following his plan. 12 days ago, I have upgaded from a hard cast to a soft one which is far more comfortable. My doc increased my PWB from 10kg to 15-20kg with the new cast. Next week I will be in the boot. That’s all I know for the moment.
Since I am new in this blog I have a question for the experieced friends. According to the report the rupture was at the musculotendinous section. This section is between the muscle and the tendon. It is known that tendons heal slowly because of poor blood supply. Do you think having the rupture in a section close to the muscle and veins may have positive effect on healing. Does anyone ruptured around the musclotendinous section?
Thanks in advance
Tanay
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I can’t answer your question but it would make some logical sense that it would heal somewhat faster if it is closer to where the blood supply is better.
Comment by gerryr 11.28.09 @ 9:50 pmHi Tanay. If you look on the main achilles blog page, there is a link to a list of exercises to do. I’m sure the doctor is competent, but it seems like most people get a whole list of exercises to do and the list may give you some ideas of more things you can do than just the foot/bottle thing. Get better every day!
Comment by maryk 12.07.09 @ 6:14 pm