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Vacoped non-surgical Achilles rupture treatment

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jane43236
jane43236

Hi, I ruptured my Achilles in Feb ‘18. I’ve had a Vacoped boot on for 2 week for non surgical Achilles rupture. After changing the lining today I noticed my heel is still severely dented. Has anyone else had experience with this? Or can anyone tell me after how many weeks the tendons start joining back together? 

Many thanks 

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  • kurt04630
    kurt04630 jane43236

    Posted

    Hi Jane .

    I asked the same questions .

    Im 20 weeks post rupture , non surgical. All is good and tendon is strong .The dentation was there for about 12 weeks but it is due to swelling each side of the rupture . Your tendon starts healing  straight away but takes a long time to harden . How big was the gap ? .

    • jane43236
      jane43236 kurt04630

      Posted

      Thanks for your reply, this is so good to hear! I’m paranoid nothing is happening and I’m going to be in this boot forever!! I’d been misdiagnosed for 2 weeks and told to walk on it, luckily it was still very close together....so hardly any gap. Still fed up with 8 weeks to go 😩🤪

    • kurt04630
      kurt04630 jane43236

      Posted

      No probs . I know what you are going through . Follow Evan Brown on utube . It helped me so much . I was back at work as a bricklayer after just 10 weeks . The hospital were always 4 or 5 weeks behind my recovery . They was shocked . But they treat everyone the same but we are all different so no their falt . Take it in your own hands a bit and stay positive but not reckless . Listen to your body and ask anything you want any time as i was exactly the same (scarred ).
    • jane43236
      jane43236 kurt04630

      Posted

      I like that .... positive but not reckless😀

      I’m having the boot lowered in 2 weeks so whether they have a good look then I don’t know! 😩😬 

      I’ll get on YouTube and check him out. Thanks again 

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