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Originally posted by zebraman
Had my last district game last night. A great game and a perfect way to end the year.
Had surgery today (it was planned for a couple months) on my achilles. I've been through rehab (physical therapy) four times and it just gets worse every year. I'm tired of limping for two days every time I have a real fast boys game.
The surgery I had was called an "achilles debridement." They basically take out all the scar tissue and remove the dead and damaged fibers. In addition to causing the body to regenerate new healthy fibers, the body also realizes that it's had a major injury which causes a major healing response rather than the little minor healing it does once the achilles injury becomes chronic like mine.
Since I know that several refs on this board have struggled with long time achilles pain, I'll let you know how it goes. It's a fairly new surgery - kind of similar to the tennis elbow surgery that some tennis players are getting these days. I'll only be on crutches for 12 days and then into a boot for a month and then rehab. I'm hoping for a pain free 2005-2006 season.
Z
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It's rare I go out there at (age deleted) without receiving messages from my achilles . . .