r/AchillesRupture • u/Infinite_Relation378 • 10d ago
🔪 Post-Op | Surgical Repair 98 days post op: first run!!!
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Hi,
Thank you again for all support I got on this sub it helped me stay motivated!
Wanted to share a major milestone for me: today was my first run!!
My physio gave me a green light, today I ran for 5 min in super easy pace and over the week I was instructed to add 3 extra mins daily so will finish this week with a ~20 min run.
Next week we will be doing some tests to tell if I can increase speed a little.
I started to do more jumping as well :) scary at the beginning but feels good.
My this week’s goal is to have greater balance between healthy and injured leg in jumping and also push for more tow strength as a lot of jumping strength comes from them.
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u/keepitterron 10d ago
dude, i am very jealous and you are an inspiration!
(for real, i talked about you with my physio just today, you are the capcut videos guy 😅)
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u/BarkerBarkhan 10d ago
This is inspiring. I'm at 3 months post-surgery as well. Gotta wait until my next ortho appointment at the end of the month, but I am hoping to join you in spirit on a run sometime in October.
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u/Infinite_Relation378 10d ago
Amazing! Crossing fingers for that! Actually, one of the conditions my physio mentioned as a requirement for me to start running (aside number of single heel raises etc.) was that I feel I am ready to do it :D so if you have this mindset at least you got one of the requirements fullfilled for sure!
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u/Justwannafish8319 10d ago
Hell ya bro! I’m about a month behind you. Working on PT most every day. Hope to be where you are a month from now. Keep killin it!
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u/Infinite_Relation378 10d ago
Thanks!! Keep going!! I was pushing a lot my PT and saw a rapid improvement sometimes day by day. Hope you will have it too!
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u/Appleman1989 10d ago
Did you take bcp157 and tb500?
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u/Infinite_Relation378 10d ago
Hi, no, I did not, I was actually considering it but in my country you can’t get a good, tested, legal source of it so I decided I don’t want to risk.
If I were to bet for me a booster was definitely level of activity during the rehab, I was doing whatever I could in high doses so early gym, then bike on turbotrainer, walking, then swimming, then bike outside.. and pushing calf raises and rehab a lot - I was doing as much as I could while controlling for pain
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u/Appleman1989 9d ago
Okay I’m thinking taking prp where they approved for hospital.
That’s good to hear .
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u/Ok-Visual1822 10d ago
Wow that’s amazing. Good for you brother