Guest guest Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Please take it easy with your Achilles...Very gentle until it has a bit more time to heal up! > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > > > I haven't posted for quite some time. Two weeks ago, I was > playing > > > in my high school alumni volleyball game and completely tore my > > > achilles tendon. It sounded a lot like a big carrot being snapped > > in > > > half. I just got back to my PC for about an hour to answer some > > > emails. > > > > > > Bummer, I was in the best shape of my life. The likely reason > that > > it > > > happened was a combination of: lots of weightlifting and not > having > > a > > > consistent stretching program, AND the fact that I am extremely > > > inflexible to begin with. Moral of the story, stetch daily. > > > > > > Recovery is expected to be 8-12 months since its a tendon, not a > > > muscle that can be strengthened. > > > > > > :-( > > > > > > I posted earlier but for some reason, it didn't post, so if this > > ends > > > up being a duplicate I apologize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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