Ruptured achilles

[raleighnut]

Ouch.

 

[Tynan]

well done, currently three weeks into getting over a ruptured patella tendon

28 staples

• Tynan
• 27 Jun 2017
• 2

But my brother ruptured an achilles a few years ago playing badminton, recovery and physio seems to be broadly the same, a lot of resting followed by a lot of painful physio, mine is 'nine months to playing sport' so no fishing and cycling for a long time, as a seasoned veteran of three weeks, the start is the worse bit 'when it's sore'. It slowly gets better

why have you got icing sugar on your toes?

 

[Mrs M]

Ouch ya
GWS to you both.

 

[marshmella]

Crikey get well soon @User76 and @Tynan..(i was just about to eat lunch)

 

[Tynan]

Sorry about lunches, that picture genuinely unsettled me the first few times i saw it after my sister took it, 28 staples, it looks much much better now but still a way to go at the top where it's a bit ragged

 

[PK99]

Not wishing to depress you, but a mate's surgeon described repairing a ruptured a achilles as like sowing together two shaving brushes... The good news is he was back as a demon hill walker in less than a year.

 

[vickster]

Ask your wife for a surgeon recommendation . Assuming it'll take 6-12 months to recover

GWS

 

[fossyant]

Yikes. How did you rupture it ? At least I was allowed out of bed and 'home' just over 6 weeks after breaking my spine.

 

[Milzy]

Omg my right one swells up and hurts after running. Been on the bike lately so it's calmed down now. That's crazy stuff though.

 

[Saluki]

I did something horrible to my achilles in July 2000. I was told to rest it as it was 'only a little tear'. I've been resting it 17 years now and I still can't run on the bloody thing. It still aches if I run and I still hide up and cry because I cannot run. I was a very, very good runner once.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

gws

 

[jefmcg]

[QUOTE 4864681, member: 76"]I did it running in the New Forest, we were there with some other families. Some of the younger saw my strangely angled foot and got a bit freaked, so MrsUser76 went in to full explain mode. She used a cheese string from the picnic to explain how the achilles looks and contains lots of fibres, then snapped it half to show what had happened. It was a neat explanation, and similar to your shaving brush analogy I guess.[/QUOTE]
And that made them less freaked out?



GWS.

 

[fossyant]

Double ouch

 

[Globalti]

Why do people persist in trying to run when God gave us the brains to invent and ride bicycles?