Achilles tendon injury

Most illuminating! I think I'll stick with the sports physio, who lives two doors down!

Those plastic leg frames on the link look familiar. I reckon it was one of those that my Consultant was wearing.

Mrs SB had one when she broke her fibula just above the ankle (displaced fracture, titanium plate and 5 screws) it worked a treat she could take it off to wash, no itching and when the six weeks were up she had lost only a small amount of plantarflexion and hardly any dorsiflexion and didn't require any physiotherapy. The overall cost is reckoned to be less than treatment using a traditional pot.

Lota, I have recently been asking my physio about achilles, ~ my skibuddy has an issue. From what she said, she was able to do quite a lot for the problem. Two doors down isn't too far away.

Thanks. SB - I think that fancy treatment is beyond the scope of hard-pressed NHS budgets just now! Thanks, Dave, I've already received a detailed physio programme in advance of coming out of plaster in four-plus weeks time. My first question to the phsyio will be about skiing and ski boots!

Sadly LOTA I think you're probably right, I hope there won't be a next time.

If you don't want to splash out on a heated boot bag you could warm the front of your boot using a hot water bottle. If there is a substantial difference in the diameter of your calves, putting some padding between the back of the inner and outer boots will equalise your fore/aft balance and stop you from having to over tighten the boot which will make it stiffer than the other one. If you have not regained full ankle flexibility by the time you want to go skiing ask your phsyio about putting a wedge under your heel, boot fitters often fit them for skiers who have limited dorsiflexion, although I'm not sure what effect of just using one will have on your skiing.

Hope you make a good recovery.

LOTA, if you Physio suggests a wedge under your heel, ask a Bootfitter to asses your boots. I had heel wedges, which put my heel into a narrower part of the boot shell, and upset the nerves around the heel. Now removed!

SwingBeep wrote:Sadly LOTA I think you're probably right, I hope there won't be a next time.

If you don't want to splash out on a heated boot bag you could warm the front of your boot using a hot water bottle.

And (if there's a place to plug it in) a hair dryer can be used to soften the front of the boot to get it off again. I've seen that done by several people.