Survive Achilles Tendon Rupture | Post-op month 8 | Behind schedule, new PTs, Pool/EMS | Ep.17 

7 months op here. Remember everyones journey is different, you are progressing each video. I know what it is like !! Personally everyday is a fight to get stronger and to see only a 5% progress every 3 weeks was hard at first but it adds up . Keep going .. next yr around this time we will be glad we never gave up .

Thank you Yulong! Im in month 5 and your video has been very helpful for me and motivated me to track my progress as well!

5 months post operation just started to go out without crunch joining social gathering. Calf muscle improved. I wish you speedy recovery

Im 13 weeks or 3 Months and a week op which you can also say...I been out of the boot since week 9 and I'm doing more stretching exercises now my calf muscle is getting bigger and a little stronger which is some improvement the journey continues you will get where you need to be everyones recovery will be different

I am 5 months post surgery. Am still limping and soreness and tightness still persist.

Sorry to hear about your recovery progress being slower than you expected. One of the things that I learned is to be patient through this process. I am still at early stage week 8, I can walk around in a Vacoped boot at a very fast pace and 6,000 steps per day which makes me really happy. One question, did you start your PT early on or recently started?

I have subscribed. Very interested in you rehab. I'm over sixteen months since rupture, non-op, age seventy-eight. Can't do a one leg calf raise at all. Had to stop calf work and stationary bike for five months because of peroneal tendonitis. Slowly getting back to those w/o pain. I've tried the EMS, but doesn't seem to do much. I've just realized that my injured foot has less feeling than the other. With a new pair of max cushion shoes the cushioning is obvious with the good foot, but not the injured. Some sort of nerve issue? I think you are doing pretty well because you are able to activate the calf and do at least a partial calf raise. And you are able to do a double calf raise and resist with the injured side on the way down. I would be excited to be able to do either of those things! You have a good start. Slower than you'd like, but you are on the way.