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Old 05-22-2009, 06:38 PM  
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Originally Posted by kane View Post
I got turf toe last year (which basically means I had a bad sprain of the big toe) and for about two months I was in a form of a walking cast. I'm sure what I had was not as elaborate as you may need, but after a week or so I could get around pretty well with it. I would do it for sure. A tear is not good, but you don't want to completely tear it in half. Aside from the pain the recovery could take forever.

Good luck man. It must not feel good at all.
From what I understood from the ortho doc and the physiotherapist, its the various smaller tendons surrounding the main achilles tendon that are torn, and now the main tendon is taking all the weight/work load. They were both surprised the main tendon hadn't torn completely by this time - given the excessive amount of walking I do during the day.

The burning/tearing pain at this point is tolerable...mostly occurs when I'm walking on stairs or uphill slope.
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