So, on May 25th I went to practice for the first time with the ladies volleyball team here in Stuttgart to prepare for the IMCOM Volleyball Tournament Jun 11-13. As luck would have it, with 2 minutes left to practice I felt a strange pain in the back of my left leg and fell to the floor. It would seem that the jumping action while going for a spike had partially ruptured my achilles.
For someone who has never seriously been injured - meaning, hospitalization or surgery, this was pretty scary. I decided I would document my recovery since most of the reading I have done of others has been from those in the US and I had noticed that the recovery and recommendations are very different than what I am experiencing here in Germany.
Timeline:
5/25/2010 - sustained injury
5/26/2010 - proceed to the ER for diagnosis
5/27/2010 - surgery
6/2/2010 - start with Achilleswalker - walking boot with 3 heel lifts (The Drs actually wanted me to have the boot on 5/29 but we had to order it)
6/6/2010 - remove butterfly stitches
workouts
6/8/2010 - ride bike for 15 min (boot on), TRX (chest, back, arms - 1 set each)
6/10/2010 - bike for 15 minutes, TRX (chest, back, arms - 1 set each), abs
As of today, I have had the boot for one week and it is getting easier to walk without the crutches. My foot still swells if I spend a lot of time up and about. I try to moderate how much I walk with out the crutches to short periods. I am also doing some massage in the evening although, I managed to sprain my ankle at the same time as the rupture so everything is still pretty sore.
The Drs did not advise any physical therapy after the 6 weeks in the boot, which I found strange so I enlisted the help of some friends and will be going to see a physical therapist on post next week. In the mean time, this is the second day this week that I have ridden the recumbent bike (boot on) and done a short workout on my TRX suspension trainer.
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