What rehab program for a ruptured achilles tendon?

Hello Prof Kasey or anyone else

I've read some of the advice you've given to people and really agree with what you say.

I've recently completely ruptured my right achilles tendon, 8 days post op. Prior to this I was pretty active playing basketball...

almost everyday. I'm from the usa but had surgery in Hk since I work nearby and the DRs here seem very conservative in my recovery. Cast for at least 3 weeks and then another boot or (preferably cast another 4 weeks. Then maybe start physical therapy.

I was wondering if you have any experience in this area and perhaps a more aggressive rehab program.

Looking forward to your reply,
Thanks evol

Sorry to tell you this, but... when one of my athletes ruptures something, I send him to a doctor who takes care of it. After he's done with the physical therapy, I train him to get him back to where he was. Sorry I cant help you too much. I do know that full recovery from a torn tendon can take almost a year, sometimes more... so the time tables they have you on dont seem that unreasonable.

That sucks, but thanks for your prompt reply. What sport do you train athletes for?

All of them actually.

I cannot teach someone to do or play a particular sport. Thats the job of the coach / instructor. I work with coaches and instructors to design a training routine that will address both strengths and weaknesses of the athlete in question. I can also train people on my own to do either bodybuilding or powerlifting, without a coach.

If you want to see a list of my qualifications and articles I've written, visit

http://www.volunteerjiggz.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=21

The How to write a beginners program is my best work yet!! I'm actually quite happy with it... though I'm really interested to hear feedback. If you have time, why not take a look and tell me if I need to add anything, or if I didn't explain something clearly enough.

Fitness 101 thread tells about me and my experience.

PF,
That was quite a good read('How to write a beginners program'), simple yet descriptive. I find one thing a tad odd, why do you have it in A Forum For Those Affected By Kidney's Diseases?

I actually have an exercise sport science bs degree worked a lil bit with the 2002 winter Olympic athletes in slc, but I change fields shorty after graduation.

It's great to see that you've worked with Don Chu who's done so much work in plyometrics.

I've also read that you want to open a fitness training facility in Malay. I've never been there but if it's like the other Asian places I've been to like thailand, hk, china, vietnam then you're in for a great potential. Some friends and I wanted to do something like that in the states, but the competition was incredible which was one of the reasons why I changed fields.

I find one thing a tad odd, why do you have it in 'A Forum For Those Affected By Kidney's Diseases'? --- The forum was originally for that, but the creator saw more potential later on. After he met me and a few other doctors, he tried expanding the site to include their services as well. We've discussed an entire remake of the site lately, but it will take time.

And I know what you mean about competition. How many personal trainers are there now? There's beach ball certified, dumbbell certified, barbell certified, lay-on-your-back-and-kick-your-feet-in-the-air certified, lower ab certified... the majority of these flipped through a few pages of Muscle and Fiction magazine, and -poof- now they're a trainer. We spend years and years studying medicine, kinesiology, biomechanics, then we have to compete with these kind of people.

Anyway, if you want to reply to me directly, my email is Fun mail me . Feel free to write if you got any questions, or ideas for another article.

I recently had a full rupture as well and I was in a splint, not a cast for 2 weeks post-op then begain PT right after I had the splint removed. My surgeon is a physician for a pro sports football team here in the US. Though it is very light therapy, it is a start to getting the range of movement back. I've read that getting blodflow to the area and starting to get the range of motion back to the area is a critical part in having it heal and gettig strength back.

Hope this helps--I'm in the same boat as you so I know exactly how you feel...I can't wait to get rid of my crutches...hopefully a few weeks more.