Achilles rupture

[Francis's Hairpiece]

I'm not really inactive. I just really neglected the stretching I should have done. I'm late 40's, so I understand it's far easier to do in the "autumnal" years, especially if you don't stretch it enough.

[Johnny199r]

I have no experience with this injury but my thoughts are with you and I hope you make a full recovery and things go as well as they can in the circumstances!

[Tiger]

Originally Posted by JBR

I ruptured mine in Sept 2024. No surgery and 12 weeks in a boot. I highly recommend the Vacoped boot. You gradually gain move your toe to 90 degrees over the weeks (with medical supervision and program of course). Eventually walk in it. Easy on and off so you at least take it off to sit in the shower with a pointed toe. I’ll PM you.

Recommend the vacoped boot too. And the G23 clinic at winsport

[FurnaceFace]

Originally Posted by JBR

Playing squash. Wanted to get back into it after years away from the game.

15 minutes into the first game of Thursday night ladder…pop!

I worked with a couple of guys who played squash. Were in the elevator that afternoon and they have arranged a game after work. Guy 1 makes an off hand comment to the affect: “yeah, it’s really hard on your Achilles.”

I get a text from guy 2 that evening saying guy 1 blew his Achilles. First point, guy 2 served, guy 1 moves for the ball, BANG, down he goes. He yells at guy 2 “why did you hit me!” and then realizes guy 2 is in the back of the court nowhere near him, then they see the telltale sign.

Terrible foreshadowing.

[JBR]

Originally Posted by FurnaceFace

I worked with a couple of guys who played squash. Were in the elevator that afternoon and they have arranged a game after work. Guy 1 makes an off hand comment to the affect: “yeah, it’s really hard on your Achilles.”

I get a text from guy 2 that evening saying guy 1 blew his Achilles. First point, guy 2 served, guy 1 moves for the ball, BANG, down he goes. He yells at guy 2 “why did you hit me!” and then realizes guy 2 is in the back of the court nowhere near him, then they see the telltale sign.

Terrible foreshadowing.

Exactly how I felt. Swear I heard the pop and it felt like something hit the back of my ankle. Not painful at all, almost like being bonked with the spine of a book.

[RichieRich]

do your rehab, and keep doing it and additional functional mobility stuff the rest of your life. Once I realized that and started regular stretching and challenging yoga, the majority of the aches and pains substantially decreased/stopped and my post-sport recovery is so much faster. Best time to adopt this strategy is 10 years ago, or now, but most certainly any injury is a reminder to get on it.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Francis's Hairpiece

Did mine on Thursday. It sucked. It sucked a ton. And it continues to suck.

No options given, just put it in a hard cast for two weeks, toe pointed down. Then an air cast.

I've been told 6 months recovery time but I'm not holding my breath, as I've heard some absolute horror stories. However, I'm not really sure what to expect.

I tore my rotator cuff a few years back, and it was balls to the wall therapy, pushing that sucker like crazy. I was told that the harder I pushed myself in rehab, the better the results would be. I have no idea if that's the case with my Achilles. I watched people at physio complain if things got the least but sore, and have to stop. I was icing almost constantly because I would push so hard my shoulder would swell up and just exude hate. But after a few months of that I had full range and was saying my goodbyes, and the guy who'd came in the same time as me and complained about everything hurting, was still at about the halfway point and hating life.

Anyone have any ideas?

Okay, #1...not a Doctor. Nor do I play one on TV.

However I have had 2 rotator cuff tears as a recent bout of Bowling has reminded me.

IMO (<-again...not a Doctor)

With the rotator cuff you're using it to try and smooth out any cartilage buildup...its a ball-and-socket kind of deal...the Achilles is nothing similar, I think you need to Baby it.