• 54 days in and another 13 in the boot to go. It’s much less painful in my heel now that all the wedges are gone from the boot. Getting around is no less awkward and slow.

    Massively looking forward to just reengaging what is left of my calf. I feel like it’s going to be a good few weeks before I can get very far without it getting sore and being very tiring. Not sure what the advice will be from the hospital/physio regarding swimming and cycling - they may advise against for a while longer due to risk of slipping/falling and potentially re-rupturing.

    My initial objective is to be able to walk a portion of the coastal path walk in Pembrokeshire towards end of October, something that I wouldn’t have thought twice about doing at any point in the past, and which will be nearly 5 months after the rupture.

  • Well done, better to be in a boot a bit longer than a rupture and a reset. The singular piece of achilles advice I can give is allow 48 hours between bouts of exercise for the tendon to recover. Back to back days of loading will send it rapidly downhill.

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