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Rough Day, was running circles around the 20 year olds at pickup hoops at the gym this morning and heard a pop in my Achilles. Praying its not a complete tear and just a partial tear so I would not need surgery 🙏 #footstr . Weirdest injury I ever had. It felt like someone stepped on the back of my foot and I felt a pop but no one was behind me. Swelling but not a lot of pain. Anyone have an Achilles injury here before?

Already figuring out what I can continue to do at the gym if it is a complete tear. Shit like this does help you appreciate little things we do everyday like walking.
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El Guiri 1y ago

Ouch! Man sorry for you. I got one bit of advice, take the recovery slow and be serious about it. One of my best friends snapped Achilles on squash court and was laid up nearly 6 months. Little bit of physio and thought he was all good to go. Went to the squash court and the inevitable happened resulting in another 6 months. Slow and steady wins the race on this one. Don’t over stress it too soon. Also find a really good physio who gives a gradual stretching recovery program and see if you can find any chi gung studios. Good flow movements to stretch and recover.

My friend quit squash and is a well behaved late middle aged cyclist now!

Fingers crossed for you that it ain’t to bad.

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Ivan 1y ago

Thanks for the advice. Yea that's my biggest fear rushing back onto basketball court just for it to happen again. I'm kind of a lunatic when I get into something so im planning to attack this recovery but from what im reading its about patience with it especially early. I told myself no basketball for the remaining of the year at least besides shooting around on my own. Still praying its a partial tear 🙏