Atrophy is cruel…….
Last night, just before I went to bed and for the first time - I looked in the mirror and compared my legs, my ATR leg is so much thinner than my left leg :( It's worse because I am Right footed for...
View ArticleConsidering adjusting your own boot?
Okay, so my flexibility is coming back to me and it's beyond where the boot allows and I feel ready to progress after just 5 days from my previous adjustment - I know how to adjust the boot and my next...
View Article7wks and 6 days, drove my car for the first time since the injury…..
Bouyed by some of the stories here and taking the right level of caution for the same reason, I gathered myself for a test today....... Using my boot to get from the house to the drive, I got in the...
View ArticleFeeling so capable and yet so delicate…
I am forever testing myself during this healing process (it's better than being bored I guess) and today I feel I'm progressing beyond the boot in terms of ability, at the same time I feel so...
View Article9wk Ortho Visit - I find the outcome very disappointing
Okay, so 9wk review with the OS today and after a less than delightful 2hrs and 44minute wait I got just over 7minutes of my OS's time....the outlook for the next two ( possibly 4) weeks is gloomy. So...
View ArticleFoot pain while dorsi flexing
While I am exercising and trying to gain more dorsi flexion I reach my max point, feel I can go beyond it and then get hit with some local pain at the front of the foot ankle area - the attached photo...
View Article11 weeks in and finally in 2 Shoes….all the time :)
It's that milestone...so pleased - two shoes, that's normal shoes, slippers, barefoot, trainers no wedges :) I drove a 140 mile roundtrip on Friday in my work shoes for a customer visit - the foot was...
View ArticleBye bye Ortho center….Why hello there Physio!!
Well it's a moment of relief and happiness with a new set of challenges ahead. Having walked into the ortho center prepared for a challenging discussion, wearing my trainers and boot in hand, the guy...
View Article13 Weeks in…..Bored
Confidence seems to be an issue for me right now, that and the two week gap between physio appointments. The good news: Exercises are doing great, walking is doing great (okay I still limp if I don't...
View Article2nd Physio Appt @ 14wks 2days
So some positives came from todays physio session: Got the "good to go" for using the stationary bike (light resistance), but not the cross-trainer yet....maybe in two weeks....that was my assessment...
View ArticleOne Legged Heel Lift……
16weeks in and Physio session no3 Physio started the usual way with a chat (she knows I want to get a proper rehab workout going at the gym) and a quick visual inspection of walking and standing, then...
View Article20wks and still improving
Time flies, been busy at work and also planning some additional changes so it's been a while since I have been able to check in... good to see familiar people also improving and progressing. So...
View ArticleHelp with some queries about walking, jogging and recovery please…..
I've recently started walking briskley (as if you're late for an appointment not power walking) for 30mins each day, part way through I start to 'run' for 30mtrs (100feet) or so and try to do that...
View ArticlePast the 6 month mark…
All things considered, 41yrs old, overweight, unfit, weekend warrior with a snapped achilles, family and regular working life, 6 months on, it's all good. I am still unfit, overweight (compounded by...
View Article33wks Recovery - Return to the Scene of the Crime
Yesterday on the day of wk33 since the ATR I returned to the courts and played my first games of badminton since that fateful evening of 28th May 2012. I have to say, the nerves nearly got he better of...
View ArticleWk38 - Faster, stronger, better :)
Hello to all my fellow ATR patients :) 38weeks in and all is well. I am steadily improving in badminton (still bad, just not as bad now :) ) - Also, I am now a regular at the gym twice a week, so...
View Article44 Weeks in……
..and still going strong, fitter and lighter than before the injury now - The result of re-starting a reasonable exercise regime is that you are able to keep on pushing, so I am exercising more than...
View Article8:45pm 366 days ago……….
Was the exact date and time I snapped my Achilles tendon......the weeks of which are detailed here in my blog. A year on, I can say that the incident and following weeks, provided me with the...
View ArticleTwo Years, 4 and half months on :)
Hi fellow recovery people :) It's been a while since I frequented the site, but I kept getting spam messages relating to my blog so I've just cleaned out the unwanted posts and thought I'd indulge...
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