Achilles Surgery anyone? Did doctor restrict return to work? How much/long?

At 39, I was offered the surgical option and declined it, knowing it had not worked out well for others.

I was in a full length cast for 6 weeks, then a below the knee cast for another 3 weeks.

It was 13 weeks before I took a step on my own, and things did not really come around until the fall bird dog trial season arrived and I had to walk a hard 30 minutes in the trials to handle my dog.

Overall, a 6 month recovery period.

Don’t be stupid is based case by case the only person you need advice from is your treating Doctor otherwise I would think that your brain is the size of a walnut.

I'm assuming you mean Haglund's, which I had last August. I was on crutches for 2 weeks, hobbled around in my boot for two more, and then could walk in my normal shoes, although my return to running was much slower. My surgery was pretty minimally invasive, but I still really wasn't able to train for a year due to lingering sensitivity/fragility in the tendon and only now, 15 months after my surgery, am I back to running hills without the achilles falling apart afterwards. Like abc said, I'd talk to your doctor, since it's going to be different for everyone, and for how much rehab you do

I'm assuming you mean Haglund's, which I had last August. I was on crutches for 2 weeks, hobbled around in my boot for two more, and then could walk in my normal shoes, although my return to running was much slower. My surgery was pretty minimally invasive, but I still really wasn't able to train for a year due to lingering sensitivity/fragility in the tendon and only now, 15 months after my surgery, am I back to running hills without the achilles falling apart afterwards. Like abc said, I'd talk to your doctor, since it's going to be different for everyone, and for how much rehab you do

I'm assuming you mean Haglund's, which I had last August. I was on crutches for 2 weeks, hobbled around in my boot for two more, and then could walk in my normal shoes, although my return to running was much slower. My surgery was pretty minimally invasive, but I still really wasn't able to train for a year due to lingering sensitivity/fragility in the tendon and only now, 15 months after my surgery, am I back to running hills without the achilles falling apart afterwards. Like abc said, I'd talk to your doctor, since it's going to be different for everyone, and for how much rehab you do

I had Haglund's deformity surgery at the hand of Amol Saxena. Going in, I had 'managed' Achilles issues for years, but with increasing difficulty. At several points, I thought I would simply have to retire from running. The surgery is invasive and takes a long time to fully recover (almost a full year, in my case), but the recovery has been complete. I now have Zero Achilles pain. Every case is different, but in my case it worked out very well.

Alex, I just had Haglund's surgery 2 weeks ago from Amol. Still in the cast and looking to follow his one-page guide over the next 20 weeks and then progressing into running. Looking forward to it! Any tips or pieces of advice from your experience that can help me out over the next year? Thanks in advance!

Be patient. You are in this for the long haul, so simply accept that recovery is slow and it will take alot of work. Assume that the actual recovery times will be 2x what they say. After the boot is removed, you will be shocked by how quickly you have atrophied. You wont be able to do simple heel lifts. You will walk with a major hitch in your stride due to the strength asymmetry. Keep doing your rehab, and the strength and fluidity will return, but it will be 30% one month, 35% the next month .... I vowed to not start running until strength on both sides were equal and they was no hitch in my stride, which was almost exactly a year.