Recovering from an Achilles tear?

meow-meow · Post by **meow-meow** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:52 pm

Just read an article on Hilliard... posted on Egriz... FTG. It got me curious about his injury. It seems like tearing an Achilles would be an injury that would be incredibly hard to come back 100% from... Any thoughts?

GrizinWashington · Post by **GrizinWashington** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:55 pm

Hard to say.

But my thought is that Lex at 80% is better than 90% of the backs in the country. So I'd take him at 80% all day.

BobCatFan · Post by **BobCatFan** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:45 pm

I have bone spurs behind my Achilles. The doctor will not remove the spurs until the pain gets to the point where I can not walk. I guess his injure is serious and I do not expect him to be 100% this year.

AlphaGriz1 · Post by **AlphaGriz1** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:53 pm

I completely severed my achilles on my left foot. I got cheap shotted at the Goosetown softball tournament in Anaconda.

First of all it hurts like hell. I have broken my right ankle 3 times and I would let someone do it again if I never had the achilles snap again.

I had surgery to repair it and the worst part is the mental aspect of it. It happened in 2000 and to this day when I step wrong....1% of me thinks "please don't snap again".

Physically I regained more flexibility than I had before and I was able to dunk a basketball off that leg. It took about a year to be back at full strength.

I talked to Lex about this at the spring scrimage in Billings and I am confident is saying it won't be a problem. He rehabbed way more than I did and he says he is over the mental part. I don't think it will be a problem.

KJodie · Post by **KJodie** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:23 pm

I snapped my left achilles in 2005. One thing to think about is that it is NEVER as strong as it was the first time, so, your never quite 100%.

HelenaCat95 · Post by **HelenaCat95** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:31 pm

I don't know what the big deal is with an Achillies tear. You've got two of them.

AlphaGriz1 · Post by **AlphaGriz1** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:20 pm

KJodie wrote:I snapped my left achilles in 2005. One thing to think about is that it is NEVER as strong as it was the first time, so, your never quite 100%.

I disagree, I am as strong maybe stronger after the incident. I will say that everyone heals different.

meow-meow · Post by **meow-meow** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:55 am

I thought it was a much more uncommon injury... doesn't seem like a part of your body that would give out very easily. Interesting personal attestments.

AlphaGriz1 · Post by **AlphaGriz1** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:32 am

meow-meow wrote:I thought it was a much more uncommon injury... doesn't seem like a part of your body that would give out very easily. Interesting personal attestments.

Actually according to the doctors I have talked to it is almost common. The majority of injuries are to men aged 30 to 45.

Weekend warrior syndrome, they snap them playing sports or walking stairs and misstepping. It helps if your always active, the military has fewr incidents than guys that have normal jobs.

CARDIAC_CATS · Post by **CARDIAC_CATS** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:13 am

This thread makes my ankles/foot hurt

meow-meow · Post by **meow-meow** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:02 am

AlphaGriz1 wrote:
meow-meow wrote:I thought it was a much more uncommon injury... doesn't seem like a part of your body that would give out very easily. Interesting personal attestments.
Actually according to the doctors I have talked to it is almost common. The majority of injuries are to men aged 30 to 45.

Weekend warrior syndrome, they snap them playing sports or walking stairs and misstepping. It helps if your always active, the military has fewr incidents than guys that have normal jobs.

All be damned. Maybe that shephard Hilliard's dad sicked on him when he was a kid had some delayed effects...

AlphaGriz1 · Post by **AlphaGriz1** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:35 am

CARDIAC_CATS wrote:This thread makes my ankles/foot hurt

Maybe this will help.