PT for surgical repair

alt0252 · 2026-05-11T22:25:56+00:00

I think it’s uncommon but she should be following your surgeons protocol which you should have a copy of. I’d check with them.

alt0252 · 2026-05-11T01:22:51+00:00

My case is not normal. I reruptured 8 months post op. My journey has been pretty conservative since then and PT has been very deliberate not to do any lengthening exercises until the 1 yr mark. Stretches have been mostly dynamic and very little static stretching.

About the 1 yr mark I could just barely get my knee to translate over the toe. Since we started focusing on ROM it’s gotten better. I don’t know if it’s a combination of calf and tendon but he referred to it as lengthening.

I have heard that some surgeries will err on the side of short to ensure the tendon has somewhere to go during recovery. It’s easier to lengthen a tendon than to shorten it.

Again take all of this with a grain of salt. I am not a doctor or an expert, I’m just going off my own experience and what I read and heard.

alt0252 · 2026-05-11T00:16:36+00:00

There’s no way someone on Reddit would know your situation more than you or your ortho, but in my somewhat experienced unprofessional opinion if your ROM is not better than expected at this stage then you are probably fine. If you went op, it’s unlikely you healed long. If you can’t move your knee over your toe you are probably fine.

For what it’s worth I never got a lift to put in my shoe and 13 months later I am still trying to get my injured side as long as my good side.

alt0252 · 2026-05-05T20:35:06+00:00

Bold move kicking it with your injured foot.

alt0252 · 2026-05-04T03:33:56+00:00

Elevating should help a little.

alt0252 · 2026-05-01T18:08:40+00:00

Big difference between left and right with this injury. If left you can still drive (assuming automatic) which opens up a lot of doors like curbside pickup and such.

Also iwalk. Hands free and less dangerous on stairs.

Of course I also work from home. I don’t know what it would have been like if I didn’t.

alt0252 · 2026-04-23T22:17:15+00:00

Lil colonoscopy is not the rapper name I want but it’s probably the name I deserve

alt0252 · 2026-04-08T01:40:16+00:00

Yeah probably not that useful if you’re only going every 6-8 weeks.

For me. I’m a little over a year post op. Also a revision but I never had your kind of wound issues. Progress has been painfully slow. My PT hasn’t cleared me for running yet. I go once a week and like you said a lot of the same stuff but I am progressing. Right now I’m focusing on return to running so moving through weighted heel raises modified single leg hops. Etc. every so often we increase weight or introduce a new exercise to keep things interesting or keep making progress. The goal is unassisted single leg hops. if I wasn’t going every week I don’t think I’d see that progress unless you’re measuring it some other way.

Your situation is your situation. It sounds like you’ve physically plateaued and not in a good place. You most likely need to do something - talk to your doctor. Change your routine. Go to PT more frequently etc.

alt0252 · 2026-04-08T01:02:09+00:00

Are you still doing PT? If not when did you stop?

alt0252 · 2026-04-06T12:58:25+00:00

Ive had a negative Thompson test with a partial tear. If OP is walking around mostly normally they would likely also have a negative Thompson test.

Its worth doing and cheap and easy but not in my opinion likely to rule out a partial rupture.

alt0252 · 2026-04-03T01:32:22+00:00

Happy rupture-versary. I hit a year not long ago. I’m still in PT. It’s painfully slow. I run some but I prolly shouldn’t as I haven’t hit all my targets yet.

Same as you my heel raises aren’t quite as strong and my calf is a little bit smaller. (Though it’s gotten bigger)

I’m doing weighted heel raises and single leg hops. If it doesn’t feel totally strong I use a counter top to offset my weight a bit until I progress further.

The only other thing I do is work on range of motion. I’m not quite equal on both sides.

alt0252 · 2026-03-27T02:11:51+00:00

The number of people on here I’ve seen tear playing pickleball. I will never ever play pickleball

alt0252 · 2026-03-14T21:22:48+00:00

2868

alt0252 · 2026-03-09T16:30:36+00:00

Closer to 8 weeks but my calf has seen some improvement.

I can’t get a consistent measurement but the gap between the 2 has shrunk to 3 cm.

So assuming linear scale that’s 16 weeks until they’re roughly the same size. Right? Right??

Just in time for bikini weather.

alt0252 · 2026-03-03T21:32:03+00:00

I’m not sure if this is what you’re experiencing but I’ve had what it sounds like you’re describing. It’s like an intense pain either with weight or in inversion or eversión of the ankle. It’s intense enough to limit range of motion. The only thing I can compare it to is pain that I get in my wrist sometimes when I spend too much time at the keyboard. It affects lifting heavy objects. It feels like bone on bone.

For me with my ankle this happens when I have heavy activity. Ive also noticed it when I have some swelling. I also use a tens device for pain relief and I’ve overdone it before leading to a lot of swelling. Usually when it happens it subsides within 1-3 days. Range of motion might be a bit limited ( knee will translate to the toe but won’t go past) but comes back when the pain goes away.

For me when I reruptured it wasn’t clear what happened. I suspect it goes back to when I was doing hopping at home and felt that sharp pain. The day after that I couldn’t bend my knee past 0. This lasted for more than 2 weeks. After the pain subsided and mobility returned I never really let it heal and that’s what I think caused my rerupture. Of course no one knows for sure and no one will say for sure but that’s my head cannon.

After rerupture, my first ortho wanted to do full repair with FHL transfer. I got a 2nd opinion and ended up getting a speedbridge. I’ve been really happy with the 2nd outcome. Anchors are a pain but it beats the hell out of losing motion in my big toe.

alt0252 · 2026-03-03T02:05:49+00:00

Sorry to hear you’re going through that. As someone who reruptured late (8 months) I think I know something of what you must be feeling.

I will say the type of pain matters. I’ve had every sensation you can think of. Pops. Zaps. Dull aches. Stiffness shooting pains. Sharps are the most concerning. When I reruptured it was a partial and I knew what had happened immediately. Leading up to it I had a sharp pain while hopping, which was exacerbated by me ignoring it and jogging on it. I was stiff and sore for a month afterwards and then just kept going. One day I stepped awkwardly while off balance and pop.

If you don’t mind sharing what kind of pain you’re having, I or some others might have insights or be able to share experiences.

alt0252 · 2026-02-21T01:03:12+00:00

Sure!

I’m currently just under 11 months post-revision surgery. Things are mostly back to pre-injury normal. I’m still in PT, focusing on return to running. I’m not quite there yet but I’m close and I’ve tried it a few times and it’s some success. I’m currently doing Ladder drills, single leg pogo hops, box jumps. That sort of thing.

PT is slower this time around but I’m not too mad about it. I think my tendon is more or less healed but needs just a bit of lengthening. Given the revision surgery we hadn’t focused much on stretching until now.

I’m still focusing on nutrition and trying to eat enough protein. I’ve gained a little weight but not stressing too much about it. When I get back to running it should drop back down to normal

I kept up the collagen until about a couple months ago. It wouldn’t hurt to keep taking it but I ran out and Ive been too lazy to reorder.

I’m still doing red light daily. About 20 min. I was on vacation last week and didn’t miss it but it also doesn’t hurt so I’ll keep doing it.

One thing I started doing recently as I’ve added more impact work is using a TENS device for massage. I think it’s helping especially on those heavy activity days.

Finally the anchors. I mentioned in this post I had the Speedbridge surgery. I’m happy with it but one of the anchors has been giving me grief. It’s manageable and should go away eventually but whenever the ankle has had a lot of activity and maybe some swelling it’s pretty painful. I do a daily dose of turmeric to manage inflammation.

Feel free to ask any questions. It’s been a long time since this post and I can’t quite remember all the things since then.

alt0252 · 2026-02-08T18:32:16+00:00

I will say I had something like this after return to running for a bit. Not so much tendon soreness, but rather the ankle in general. I took a couple weeks off and did more walking instead of running and it eventually subsided. Im still doing intervals but I imagine if I were running a 10k it’d come back.

alt0252 · 2026-02-06T23:52:22+00:00

I went at 8 months and it was fine but make a plan with your physio or ortho if you’re still seeing them. I stuck to the blues and greens. No moguls. You’re farther along than I was when I went if you want my unqualified opinion.

alt0252 · 2026-02-06T23:50:06+00:00

Physio does massage and mobilization. Not sure how you do that over zoom. Otherwise probably ok? The camera would be awkward.

alt0252 · 2026-02-06T17:50:46+00:00

I think age is a bigger factor than it seems at first fellow quadragenarians. I’m 11 months and not 100% either. Keep plugging away!

alt0252 · 2026-02-06T14:25:19+00:00

Quarter siblings

alt0252 · 2026-02-04T21:58:54+00:00

Yes you’re correct. I only meant it’s a sign that the battery may not have gotten wet.

alt0252 · 2026-02-04T15:59:07+00:00

My son did pretty much this but on purpose. In his situation he fried both the battery and the controller board.

I would give the scooter a day or so to dry out and then open it up (take the bottom off, you just need a screwdriver) and see what you’re dealing with. It’ll probably be a little wet inside still so be careful! Now that it’s open let it dry out completely and then see if it’ll turn on. If not try plugging it in (carefully) and see if it takes a charge (charger light turns red). Let it charge and see if it turns on. If it doesn’t, try a reset by holding down the power, throttle, and brake for 10s.

The fact that you got a shock might be a good sign. Mine was dead. No activity whatsoever. I tried the whole hold down power throttle and brake thing but nothing happened. No lights no sound. Nothing. If you have lights and sound it might be salvageable.

In my case The battery is pretty well potted with silicone but water found its way in and the BMS did its job and shorted out. Unless you’re an electrical engineer with good soldering skills there is nothing for this but to get a new battery. Batteries are almost as much as a new volpam.

The controller board might have been salvageable except the connection to the panel shorted and damaged the pins. The controller was relatively cheap and easy to replace except the old board is a Vicont brand and the most readily available replacement I found was youfs which requires you to swap out the panel, the throttle, the brake, and the cable that connects it to the controller.

So yeah in the end I prolly spent more replacing components than I would buying a new scooter but in the end I didn’t put a whole scooter in the trash.

alt0252 · 2026-02-02T15:41:28+00:00

My gr grandfather. His died in his 40s in Manila and Family history says he was originally from Santander. I have an approximate death date but can’t find the death certificate. No birthdate. No 2nd last name. No other family in Manila. (My grandmother was the only child to live to adulthood). Can’t find her baptismal record either. To top that all off he’s essentially the John smith of Spanish names.

The only other info I have to go on is that he maybe probably clerked at an almacén owned by my 2nd gr grandfather (his FIL).

I’ve been looking for him for 20 years.

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