Achilles Tendon Rupture | Month 2 | How I made my tendon heal fast
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Hello,
This is month 2 of my Achilles Tendon Rupture recovery process. I am able to walk with my air cast- boot and occasionally able to walk without it. I focused on increase blood flow to my tendon like doing activities like biking and messaging it. I am able to put weight on the foot and I have started physical therapy. I am slowly increasing the load on the tendon.
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Summary:
I ruptured my Achilles Tendon on April 26th, 2022 and it took ~1 week to go through the hospital system, see a doctor and eventually get scheduled for surgery. FYI: I actually went to multiple clinics to get the earliest appointment possible. My surgery took place May 3rd, 2022.one of the biggest decisions that you will have to make is to treat the ruptured Achilles surgically or non-surgically
. Stay tuned as I document my progress and share this tough experience with you.
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Thank you for your update I’ve been following you my wife had her surgery right around the same time you had yours. The only difference is she had a massive bone spur that was the root cause of her problem so the surgeon had to remove the Achilles tendon in order to get rid of the bone spur so anyways, no weight-bearing for four weeks. Then she went to the cast like you Aircast for a couple weeks and now she’s yesterday she’s walking. See your video is very instrumental. We really appreciate it. You look great and hopefully you feel better soon. Thank you for educating all of us.
I recovered same amount of time . That bike really does help get everything started
You think the bike really helps?
Hey man I’m just hitting week 8 and I’m walking no boot around my yard everyday! Gaining confidence everyday
Had my Achilles surgery today. Appreciate your update.
How is your recovery so far now after 10 months
@@zen_gee89 Running and jumping like it never happened. Thanks for asking!
@@betweenbrothers6458wow, that’s phenomenal. Great to hear, congratulations on your recovery success.
This is very encouraging. I’m coming up on my 6 week post op, and I’m feeling stronger, but I am nervous about Physical therapy’s and mentally, I am a little worried about not being able to use my tendon.
Super helpful man - I started walking in controlled manner back and fourth on the yoga mat at week 5. PT is lagging a little behind but I know my body. I have also been riding the bike in the cast.
Thanks for the tips. I just had surgery last week. Will def be using your advice in the near future
Thank you for sharing, good to see you have been fairly active and could walk (carefully) by week 5! I think im having a similar experience, I went NO-OP. I was full weight bearing from the cast day 1 and I even removed the half cast 1st night (carefully) to massage around the leg and just put the half cast back on. I kept that routine for the first two weeks. I micro wiggled my toes and calf clenched.. no crazy pain because I kept my pointed position consistent. ++During the two weeks I purchased an extra sized boot with the raised heel to put my leg in. It made the process heaps comfortable because I can at least place my foot down with support. I could full-weight load with the cast and boot much easier but kept using the knee scooter mostly to give a solid two weeks heal. ++ Week 3 I removed the cast and just straight sock and boot. I felt so good with no pain but can obviously feel the limit of the tendon. Can walk with boot but maybe still using assistance with scooter 50%. (Scooter is fun!) the heel does get tired and feet swell so during the day I make sure to rest it up and elavate my leg when I can it helps!. Mid week 3 I carefully switch between boot and with my shinpad-half-cast. And SLOWLY trying tiny muscle calf twitches and heel raise motions. Jumped on the excercise bike while I watched a movie. (Very gentle) because toes are already pointed made the bike possible. on that note: I reckon each rupture is different incase you are researching as well. Mine was 6cm above the heel and the rupture gap was 1.5cm. it was deemed higher than the usual and iwas given the option of NO-OP which is why I suspect why my experience is what it is. I suspect if your rupture is closer to your heel, it could be heaps harder to walk or the gap could be bigger. Get well sooooon!
Hi, Brian, I am week 3 post-op, my situation is completely the same as yours -- 6cm above the heel and the rupture gap was 1.5cm. I went OP but the recovery timeline is the same as yours, I would like to know more about your recovery progress, I think that I really can follow it.
@@davidhu2807 how you healing man? Hopefully well by now! Im only in week 1, and this is the toughest thing to deal with.
@@alwaysreturnNurgirl Hi I feel very well, I can walk normally, hopping and jogging, but no plyometric moves at present. Trust the process, be patient, listen to your body, and finally, you will be healed!!
@@davidhu2807 I bet you feel worlds better being able to walk again and take care of yourself again (being bed ridden and needing help for everything is the worst) I appreciate the response...and hope you return to excellence!
@@alwaysreturnNurgirl Thank you! You can walk in a boot when reach week 3 with a crutches assistant, so the bedridden is a very short period, and you can practice glutes and active your toes during weeks 1 & 2
Amazing man! Really happy to hear about your very fast recovery. I'm in day 3 of my rupture, most likely non-operative/conservative depending on what the orthopaedic doctor advises in 2 weeks. I hope you're now back to full strength and beyond! Thank you for sharing 🙂
any updates
@@Roemme hi mate, 11 weeks and now walking with normal gait. Double leg heel raises easy, will start single leg work from week 12. Eccentric single heel raise first for around 2 weeks and will then try the single leg concentric and eccentric. Still a very long way to go... thanks for asking.
@@hoquenm do you still have a boot while walking and any pain? i'm currently 3 days after the rupture and most likely be non-operative and the mental bare of it all is getting to me
@@Roemme I came out of the boot at 9 weeks. There is still tightness and pain at times. Sometimes my ankles swell up when ive had a long day. Don't worry, stay positive and take each day as it comes. There will be different challenges, just do your best and you will be fine.
@@hoquenm hope you recovery fully fast and thanks for the info
Very helpful, thank you.
Hey bro how is your Achilles doing after all this time? Give us an update please
I'm hoping to be making quick progress too. I'm currently at 2.5 weeks from surgery to reattach my Achilles tendon. I've got the boot. Not yet allowed to put much weight on it, but I can tap down gently in the boot. I'm doing the dorsiflexion stuff, but no stretching, and making sure to keep my circulation up. I've only missed one session at the gym, that's when I was in surgery, but otherwise, I've been told that other than the actual Achilles, or any weight on that heel, I'm allowed to continue working out, so I have been doing that, 3x a week at least, with single-leg stationary bike to do cardio, or a seated or kneeling AMRAP variation.
Thats amazing ! Yea I can't do crossfit but I've been keeping circulation in my foot and I dont wear boot not even to sleep unless I'm out of house. Keeping circulation. I'm at 3 weeks post surgery and I have full rotation and no pain (praise jesus)
@@carltonlear1123 good luck on your recovery!
@@DorotaGabal u 2 friend
hi, how is your recovery now?
@@davidhu2807 Hi David, I'm a year out from injury, and it's probably as good as it gets. Doc said it healed well, it's strong, and what's to be expected, especially the complications I've had, and having ruptured it at the bottom, not in the center. I'll start doing fully dynamic stuff, which I haven't yet. I have a lot of scar tissue, but can't complain. How about you?
On week 2 as of today, did you ever feel tingling/burning in your foot early on?? I started PT 2 days ago, my body has always reacted more the second day after even before my injury just going to the gym etc. Just wondering if you ever experienced.
5 months post op and still can't walk right. Lost so much strength in my calf and can't seem to push off on my toes. I can only want with my foot turned out - everything is so stiff and weak.
What type of air boot did you have?
5 weeks after surgery I started back at work. I had no choice, I have my own restaurant, I'm the chef. It wasnt fun spending 8 - 9 hours a day on my feet but here i am at 10 weeks. Not as painful as it was, just hope I haven't done it more harm than good!!
Howd you heal?
@@alwaysreturnNurgirl hi, still not 100%, my calf muscle is still a lot smaller than my other one, mostly because I thought that everyday life would bring it back and I haven't done any exercises.
Can walk fine, haven't really tried running, I'm just nervous that it will go again😬
@@bigchungus7807 I'm glad you are healing fine...because being able to walk again, has to be the best feeling in the world! As we've always taken that for granted...and I don't blame you, I'm never going to want to run or leap again (as I tore my Achilles this past Saturday jumping into my pool) I'm definitely going to be super conservative.
@@alwaysreturnNurgirl oh no, so sorry to hear that😞
I really hope your recovery goes well, you'll be fine👍
@@bigchungus7807 thank you I appreciate the response and the love...its much needed with such an ugly injury and long recovery ahead. Wishing you the best in this world as well!!
How are you doing these days? I’m week 3 and feeling good, any advice? Thanks for the content!
Hey I am about 5months now and it’s feels good. I am back to playing sports. But I am still not we’re I us to be. averagely it takes a year to get to close to 100% so I’m just waiting. Also I stopped physical therapy, but was advised to keep doing the physical therapy at home. I did for a little then stopped. I would advise you not to stop the physical therapy once you start if you want maximum recovery results.
Hey man, everything ok? We haven't herd from you in a while? :)
Please give us one more video. Your progress is much more advance.
Can you give us update on how you have recovered now?
Thanks for sharing, second week after tendon rupture, my friends and some doctors said has to be on cast for 6-8 weeks... muscle shrinks and all that really scared me... I guess that's the open air surgery, right?
Did you muscle come back? Did you experience and spasms and twitches?
You can update next ? thank !
I had surgery also and I also had 3 heal spurs removed it’s been 2 and a half months and my dr says still no walking for me and I still have little discomfort
I’m at week 6 post surgery, easy walking in the boot. I do a lot of ankle circles without the boot. Do you have any safe recommendations? I don’t think I could do the bike
Did you also do the graston technique?
How is your recovery going with the Achilles?
Yo I got a question ....
I'm not sure if this is an achilles tendon injury, but when I bend my toes upwards towards my shin, I get excruciating sharp pain (knives and needles) in the outer edge and slightly under the heel (left foot). When I use two fingers to pinch my achilles tendon an inch or so above the heel, there's a spot on the outer edge of the achilles that gives me a ZING of pain that goes right down to that same spot on the heel, so clearly, the pain is connected from the outer edge of the Achilles Tendon to the outer edge of the heel on that left foot. Did you experience this type of pain?
I was not able to apply any pressure on my ruptured leg. You should have a couple of test done to you Thompson test and an MRI scan. Hopefully your case is just Achilles tendinitis. But I would advice getting it checked as soon as possible. Good luck.
When I started walking with boot and low weight, i started getting random twitches around my foot. Not always in the same spots. Doctor says not serious. Mostly not repeatable in same spots. Any similar twitches? Pain is maybe 4/10.
Yes, I also had a similar experience
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I just had my surgery 5 days ago
How do you feel? How long after rupture are you able to do surgery
@Get Mo after u get an mri. I got mine 2 weeks later. But normally withing 3 -5 days depending on doctor. I feel amazing pain was for aggressive in day 1 and 2 then nothing after. Tip: take 2 pain meds they give u, the 2 hrs later take 3 ibuprofen then 4-6 hrs later take pain meds ,then 2 hrs later 3 ibuprofen
My pain meds are oxycodone/acetaminophen. I took them that way for 3 days. Then benadryl, for the itching I'm having because of the healing
I’m almost on week 3!
@@issajayy_6740 I'm at week 3 too
How long did it take to fully heal?
It took about 6months to fully heal.
How you doing now? Fully recovered?
Yes I am fully recovered! Back to playing but there is a slight difference I can feel it. But it’s not that noticeable
How long did your healing process take ?
@@kelseyellison2919 it takes about 4-8weeks before you start walking again. But the healing process may very.
Did you have operation?
Yes I did