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Achilles tendon ruptured...brace or crutches?

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MOJO83
MOJO83

Hey, had a lovely operation yesterday to repair my ruptured achilles tendon, all went delightfully and I am not back home.  My query is that the hospital gave me cruches which I have nailed the use of, however after a quick scan of the wonder web I've seen that people with the same injury can be given a brace to walk on; I'm not trying to rush things along, however my life would be much easier without cruchs to negotiate my journey with...any ideas why I've been given cruches? are they preferable to a fast healing?

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  • pacehuman
    pacehuman MOJO83

    Posted

    Hi mate

    As you had surgery, you need to be very careful. Cructhes are the best way around as you cant put weight on your injured leg. Just be patient!! And time will fly. I had partial rupture, no surgery, cast for 6 weeks and now walking and on execrise!! 

  • danny25168
    danny25168 MOJO83

    Posted

    I'm confident that there is an initial few weeks where no weight should be applied.  I used a wheel chair for a while because I wanted to reduce all the stress on the other leg.  I got it off Craig's list.
  • digmon
    digmon MOJO83

    Posted

    Stay on the crutches mate, I also used.a wheelchair for the first couple of weeks, less stress on the other leg, it's a bad injury mucker, so don't go mad, just take it easy,  I was in a cast for 4.5 weeks then got the boot, I'm on week 6 with another 3 weeks left in the boot, then hopefully back to trainees, my consultant in Belfast has said end of September I'll be 100%, roughly 3.5 months from start to finish
    • MOJO83
      MOJO83 digmon

      Posted

      Cheers for the reply, not rockin' the wheelchair as where I live is rather hilly...very in fact.Guessing you're down to 2 weeks left now!? the joy!!well done.

      I'm off to the hospital for my first check and re-cast..oh and the repositioning of the foot...looking forward to that little gem.  So does the boot allow you to move without crutches, or just stand un-aided?  The reason I ask is not as I want to start cartwheeling, but because I will be able to go back to work once I have a little more...use.  Also, can you drive in this boot? (I'm putting a lot of hope in this bootsmile....my cast is on my left foot,  so can do the 'emergency brake'.  I'm sure it sounds like I'm rushing things, but it's more something to look forward to, I've read such varied after-surgery care that I'm unsure if its just a cost thing for the boot or it's actually better to just stay on crutches.

  • digmon
    digmon MOJO83

    Posted

    hello mate, just wait till you get the boot before you attempt to put any wieght on it, mine is the left aswell, once you get the boot it takes a couple of days to get to grips with, bit of a balancing act, but i've had the boot 2 weeks and i am waliking unaided no problem,i'm also down to the last heel raiser, two more weeks and hopefully start my physio proper, i'm doing home physio now and it's going well, so just follow what they say, and you'll soon be right
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