Well its 32 days post injury and I'm now in my Aircast Walker Boot which is available from my HealthCHEK.info Amazon page should you ever need one. A cast was good for the first few weeks as it really does need to be fully immobilized. The walker allows us to fit heel lifts and gradually reduce them over the next 8 weeks. So I'm in this thing for 8 long weeks and I can remove a heel lift every 2 weeks until I'm back to normal (the boot will still provide a small lift).
I'm making good progress and am now allowed to weight bear (100% if I can handle it) but still need to use the crutches at the moment as the heel lifts make it a tad awkward to walk, plus it feels pretty sore as I've not had that much of a stretch on my Achilles since 3pm on the day I snapped it.
I'm allowed to remove the boot at night but must put it straight back on if I need to get up due to the risk of re-rupture if I did fall on it. At the moment I'm still planning on wearing the boot all night as it feels a little vulnerable and I'd rather have it protected. I'm sure I'll get a little more confident as it gets a little more exposure. For now its just nice to be able to sort of walk on it. If your reading this Alan, I should be more mobile for Monday so you have a nice new exercise to try.
I'm making good progress and am now allowed to weight bear (100% if I can handle it) but still need to use the crutches at the moment as the heel lifts make it a tad awkward to walk, plus it feels pretty sore as I've not had that much of a stretch on my Achilles since 3pm on the day I snapped it.
I'm allowed to remove the boot at night but must put it straight back on if I need to get up due to the risk of re-rupture if I did fall on it. At the moment I'm still planning on wearing the boot all night as it feels a little vulnerable and I'd rather have it protected. I'm sure I'll get a little more confident as it gets a little more exposure. For now its just nice to be able to sort of walk on it. If your reading this Alan, I should be more mobile for Monday so you have a nice new exercise to try.
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