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Re: achilles surgery?

I would like to know if it is possible to completely tear your achilles tendon and have it heal without surgery.
Can you simply wear a cast for a few weeks?
Will this tendon reginerate?


1 Comment found

    Vivian Abrams DPM

    9 10

    It is possible, but it takes a long time. One must be in a cast with the foot plantarflexed for a long time. Then afterward, the rehab is lengthy. When at all possible, surgery is probably to way to go.

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