Achilles Healing - Tom’s Road to Recovery

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    • User: Tom
      Location: Minneapolis, MN
      Injured during: Volleyball
      Which Leg: R
      Status: 2-Shoes

      46 wks Post-ATR
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    1/3 - AT Rupture
    1/9 - Surgery (R. Jones Splint)
    1/14 - Back to Work
    1/23 - 1st Post Op. (Splint to Cast)
    2/6 - 2nd Post Op. (2nd Cast)
    2/20 - 3rd Post Op. (Cast to Boot)
    3/19 - 4th Post Op. (Out of Boot)
    3/24 - Start PT
    4/28 - Start "Jogging"
    5/8 - First Post ATR Race (1 mi.)

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      22.68 out of 26.2 miles to full recovery.
      Goal: 365 days from the surgery date.
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We’re Not Alone

Posted by Tom on July 21, 2008

Even some professional athletes find out that ATR recovery can be frustrating. Here is an article about the Denver Bronco’s Ebenezer Ekuban, who ruptured his Achilles last August. You’ll read some quotes within the article that may sound very similar to comments left on achillesblog.com. 

Here’s a second article with a few additional comments from Ekuban.

I hope nobody feels discouraged from reading these articles.  My purpose for posting these is to show that even professional athletes can feel frustrated at times during recovery.  And, they’re likely receiving the best treatment available.  So, try not to let slow progress get you down.  You’re not alone.  And, don’t forget to celebrate all the milestones during recovery, no matter how small they may seem.

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5 Responses to “We’re Not Alone”

  1. jim Says:
    July 21st, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    Tom, great article. Don’t worry, I don’t feel discouraged by the article. I think it’s important to know how long recovery can take. At 3 months, I started to feel down because I felt like I wasn’t making progress. I really don’t care how long it takes, the clock will tick no matter what I do.

  2. Tom Says:
    July 21st, 2008 at 9:58 pm

    Jim - Sounds like you have the right attitude, which I think really goes a long way toward a complete recovery. You’re right, the clock is not our enemy.

    BTW, I’ve been trying the “stomp”. Too early to tell if it’s helping, but it’s nice to have a new exercise to try, even if people shoot me some weird looks as if I was on LSD.

  3. dennis Says:
    July 21st, 2008 at 10:17 pm

    Tom - Great article. It’s good to read about a professional athlete’s experience with Achilles recovery. It sure takes a lot of patience.

    Redskins defensive end, reserve Alex Buzbee ruptured his Achilles tendon as well (towards the bottom of the article.): http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080721/SPORTS11/807210350/1217/SPORTS

  4. craig Says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 12:11 am

    This article was on the front page of the sports section of the SJ Mercury News this morning: http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_9957179?nclick_check=1.

    Even though his recovery has been relatively fast, you can see that he, too, has experienced many of the frustrations we have had while receiving top-notch medical treatment.

  5. edforman Says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 9:23 am

    GREAT article about Frandson. Wish Iw as that young and had access to all that rehab care!! “Devistating” is definitely the right word for this injury…

    Ed

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