I had my 3 week check-up today with the consultant - this was basically just
a quick check to make sure that everything is healing correctly and I am continuing with the exercises.
Everything appears to be healing nicely at the moment; however, I have started
to get quite a bit of pain towards the top incision. This is not where the
rupture occurred but the area where the Achilles was anchored to. This area is
particularly painful when stretching which could have something to
do with the stitches present.
I start physio on Friday so this is when the real work (and pain) begins!
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Wednesday 8 July 2015
2 Weeks Post Operation = Cast Removal!
Yesterday I finally had my appointment to remove my plaster cast and
switch into a removable boot.
The foot felt very strange when the cast was first taken off - I was very surprised about how stiff the foot was. It really did not want to move in any direction initially! Surprising there was not much swelling and very little pain even when the foot was getting pulled around by the medical staff. The stitches were removed at the 3 incision points and the wounds were healing nicely.
The doctor did a couple of basic tests to see if the achilles was healing OK - first my calf was squeezed and the foot definitely had a bit of movement in, then he put his hand on the bottom of my foot and asked me to press down onto his hand which I just about managed to do. So it looks like the healing is going OK at the moment.
I then saw a physio and have been given a few exercises to undertaken - these are very basic and only really involve moving the foot up, down, left and right. I have also been asked to start very carefully stretching the tendon a bit.
Next thing was to get the boot on with my foot in the neutral position! - never in a million years was my foot going flat!!! After trying for a while the physio decided to give me 4 wedges to put in the boot so the foot could still be slightly angled. The plan is to start removing the wedges over the next week until my foot can go flat again. I have actually removed the 1st wedge today and it is feeling fine. Still not full weight bearing but can put a very small amount of weight on it now. Also just to note that the boot is quite heavy, especially compared the cast I previously had on the leg.
Next appointment in a weeks time.
The foot felt very strange when the cast was first taken off - I was very surprised about how stiff the foot was. It really did not want to move in any direction initially! Surprising there was not much swelling and very little pain even when the foot was getting pulled around by the medical staff. The stitches were removed at the 3 incision points and the wounds were healing nicely.
The doctor did a couple of basic tests to see if the achilles was healing OK - first my calf was squeezed and the foot definitely had a bit of movement in, then he put his hand on the bottom of my foot and asked me to press down onto his hand which I just about managed to do. So it looks like the healing is going OK at the moment.
I then saw a physio and have been given a few exercises to undertaken - these are very basic and only really involve moving the foot up, down, left and right. I have also been asked to start very carefully stretching the tendon a bit.
Next thing was to get the boot on with my foot in the neutral position! - never in a million years was my foot going flat!!! After trying for a while the physio decided to give me 4 wedges to put in the boot so the foot could still be slightly angled. The plan is to start removing the wedges over the next week until my foot can go flat again. I have actually removed the 1st wedge today and it is feeling fine. Still not full weight bearing but can put a very small amount of weight on it now. Also just to note that the boot is quite heavy, especially compared the cast I previously had on the leg.
Next appointment in a weeks time.
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