Anyone here had Achilles tendon surgery?

Bone spur?

My wife has them and for whatever reason they said they have to sever the tendon to get to the spur then reattach, with all the same protocol you listed.

I ruptured my achilles. Was in a cast almost a year on and off as I kept on fucking it up after the casts came off. They eventually did surgery to repair it. That was back in the 80s. My right calf muscle spent so long out of action that it doesn't match my left one any more. Bitch of an injury to have as proper rehab is intense as fuck (I was in the military at the time and was sent to a rehab centre to learn how to walk again). Had to do tons of physio and lots of water therapy (ie physio in a pool).

Last Edited by Swearbox on 12/05/2022 10:28 PM

No, for me it's the actual tendon, right around back of my ankles.



After surgery, did you have to stay off of your foot, as I described, above? If so, how did you do?

Nope...I was in a hard cast the whole time. They actually put several on, each time they would cut off the cast and adjust the angle that my foot was at and then redo the cast (initially my foot was pointing down to put the least amount of strain on the newly sewn up tendon). I got an old running shoe and ripped the guts out of it so it'd fit over my foot and I would walk about normally. The cast did all the heavy lifting...never felt a thing when walking about.

Last Edited by Swearbox on 12/05/2022 10:38 PM

Is surgery the last recourse of treatment?

I also have spur pain and my Orthopedic Dr/surgeon doesn't recommend any surgical intervention.Instead I am undergoing extensive foot , leg physiotherapy with TENS TX, ultrasound and sound waves treatment.

It is helping me.

I attend 2x a month of physio,no coverage and with my own spending @ $70-90 dollars each session and my physiotherapist said I need at least 6-8 sessions for tissues to heal.
The bone spur is still there but hoping the therapy would heal the tissues eventually to no pain at all.

At home, I use orthopedics(orthotics) slippers and shoes outside.
I am hopeless without the custom made insole and a lift underneath the shoes.

We are born this way without the foot arch and waiting too long for seeking therapy won't help.
I won't consider surgery either.

Not so bad now ; I truly hope you try physiotherapy.

OK, I read its ruptured. That needs surgical attention.

KEEP WELL!

Ripped mine completely in half (felt like a thick rubber band popped and I went down). Had to have a surgery with one from a cadaver put in. I was supposed to have a cast I'm thinking for a 1-1/2 months but I kept cutting it off because it drove me nuts. I'd cut a vertical line down the cast so I could remove it and put it back on whenever I want. The doctor prescribed ativan so I wouldn't cut it off but the next time I came in it was cut again. She put like at least 4 casts on and then put one on display I guess as some sort of conversation piece on not what to do.

Rehabilitation was supposed to be once a week for about 6 months but I dropped that after about a month. It'll take about a good 6 months to get halfway normal and at least a year to get back too 100%.

Last Edited by GatorMclosky on 12/05/2022 10:55 PM

Okay, that's interesting because the guy I saw really emphasized not being able to use my foot at all. That's what has me freaked out.

A couple years later I fell with my hand stretched out and did something to my wrist. Didn't break it, and wasn't even swollen, but the pain was the most excruciating pain I ever felt and I couldn't put any weight on it for like 6 months. As bad as the achilles tendon pain was that wrist was 10X worse and took much longer to heal.

My injury was in 1988 so the scooter thing didn’t exist back then. I had a cast for 2 weeks and a walking cast for 4 weeks. So I did put weight on it that way.

It is a very slow injury to heal, I was in high school sports at the time and took me quite a while to get back to normal, roughest part was that the incision was right at the back of my heel where shoes rub.

A friend had surgery for busted Achilles’ tendon, was required completely off it for 6 months. Then a couple years later his other Achilles’ tendon broke too. Sounds like they have improved recovery time. Those are serious injuries.

The doctor I had kept scaring the hell out of me about never being able to walk again unless I followed every direction. She was definitely over-dramatic about it.

Ugh! This is so depressing!

I have a Haglund deformity, caused by years of running.

Extremely painful condition.

I finally found a solution through a chiropractor who gave me stretches that after months made a difference.

If you have a torn tendon I guess you have no choice. A tendon doesn't have blood flow, and hence healing is a problem because healing requires white blood cells.

Good Luck. I was close to opting for surgery to literally sand down the bone spur and that required surgically detaching the the tendon....so the healing was the same.

Could you give me a link that shows what this TENS TX therapy is? Not getting good search results.

Are you healed now?

My husband had a ruptured achilles tendon. He had surgery and used the knee cart. It was a full 6-8 weeks off his foot using the cart and crutches, then physical therapy.

It was a few years ago and he is pretty much walking normally now. Walking up hill is still a little tricky. Some days he'll have swelling. He is about 90+ percent now.

Get the surgery before you have a complete tear so the surgeon has more to work with. If you wait until it ruptures, you'll have to make due with what they can salvage.

You can do anything for 60 days. The knee cart wasn't bad. My husband was a little sad to see it go because he was quite handy zipping around on it.

Had the surgery in January 2021. Two weeks in a wrap, three weeks in a hard cast, then on to the air boot. Five weeks on the scooter. Yes, it was crappy, but the end result (after a few months in the boot with physical therapy) was great. No more pain, I can actually walk without a limp unless my hips are being particularly arthritic. I put the surgery off way longer than I should have.

Bottom line - it's a little bit of hard times but an investment in a good healthy leg. I walk a couple or three miles a day and don't suffer from it. Hardly a marathon, but I'm 71 and glad to be back at it.

Thank you. You make it sound maybe not as bad, lol.

The surgery the doctor told me he would do involves another tendon that goes through the foot to the big toe and they somehow hook it up to the Acilles - or something. It's called flexor hallucis longus tendon transfer augentation. I'm reading a paper on it now.

Okay. Tendon, ligament and nerves are the slowest things to heal in your body. Using them a movement does not help them to heal.

Lack of nutrition, vitamins and minerals- as vitamins don’t work without minerals.. is part of the problem.

But neither work without Systemic Enzymes ! Which your liver and pancreas make in abundance till you pass age 27. It is all downhill from there. SE are catalyst involved in 4,000 body chemical reactions. The cause vitamin and minerals to work and recycle them.

More importantly is the speed up healing, reduce inflammation and thus lower pain. Some eat Fibrin = Scar tissue.. even in arteries and thus lowers blood pressure naturally. Most SE come from plants.

MDs are not going to tell you about them. They are ignorant frankly. Some SE eat blood clots … which I used them on 3 individual ones after an auto accident.

They are not digestive enzymes. So do not take them with food. It will waste their benefit.

I have used them numerous times. I tore both bicep tendons and the Andrew’s Sports Institute did not have an answer after 3 years! I was down to using one arm and in pain.

Taking high doses of SE I healed both biceps 90% in 90 days!

A friend fell 35’ over a swimming hole, hit the rocks and broke her shoulder and hip. Surgeon told her she would not walk for 6-9 months!
Taking high doses of Magnesium. MSM-Sulfur and Vitalzym Systemic Enzymes she was walking in 4 months. She was also eating right.. no junk food.

Vitalzym is a blend of different SE. and is the best I know of. I take them daily and more if I injure myself at age 72

Use a ThermoTex brand far Infarred heating pad will also help healing. Use for 35-40 min.. let area cool 35-40 min then put ice packs on area for 35-40 min to increase blood flow. It is the blood that heals you

Thank you.

What do mean about a "wrap"? Was your tendon ruptured (actually torn) or "diseased" (lumpy)? Did they use the FHL transfer method? Also, just five weeks on the scooter? The doc I saw said 8 weeks )2 in the cast and six in the boot). After the five weeks you had no boot?

I'm not sure of your entire situation. My husband had a cortisone shot the prior year that turned into a staph infection in that ankle. It caused damage to the tendon that we were unaware of. One day he was walking on level ground then went down bc the tendon ruptured.

Like others here have said, they cautioned us he might not walk normally for quite some time if ever after the surgery depending on what they found when they went in.

It sounds like you're in a better situation and I hope things work out for you whatever you choose.

It sucked for him after the surgery, don't get me wrong, but he has no regrets now.

Looking up Vitalzym, the search results say "digestive enzyme". can you give me a link on what you take and how much do you take? Thanks!

Looking at it now. Expensive!

I am not able to paste the complete link, but search
Trans cutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)

It is simply a form of Ultrasound using electric currents like Dr. Ho's apparatus system.

Cleveland CLINIC
MY.CLEVELANDCLINIC.ORG

Trans cutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) therapy involves the use of low-voltage electric currents to treat pain. A small device delivers the current at or near nerves. TENS therapy blocks or changes your perception of pain.
TC

Thank you. So, it's for pain relief but not healing of tissue?

Triggered pussy. Shut me up.

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Last Edited by GatorMclosky on 12/06/2022 01:41 AM

thinking...OP

YES, it is for both the healing of tissues and tx for pain.
I had it in my session today and that is how it was explained to me.

Anyway, I have known and had it a long time ago during my working years in the hospital being always on my feet.
It always helps.
I didnt rupture anything but the problem of the bone spur.

Servered my achillies during a soccer game. Heard an 'pop' and it felt like someone snuck up behind me and kicked me in the back of my ankle. it was a complete sever. After surgery i was in a hard cast for 6 weeks. That one was cut off and replaced with another as the first cast was put on a somewhat swollen leg. All in all 8 weeks in a cast. two months in a boot. 2 years until i could once again lift my weight with that ankle.

Tendons and Ligaments heal much slower than bone and muscle because they don't get the rich blood supply that bone and surrounding tissues get.

Do the rehab OP. you will return to normal much faster

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