6 months after Rupture Achilles Tendon Surgery: Power Skating Crashed Ice Hockey Skills - BLADEBLAZE

[MsBlackpk]

wow! Inspiring!! It seems like you didn't suffer any accident!! Great!

[patrinabird]

thanks for posting. I keep a video blog as well but I don't publish it. I'm at 6.5 months since the surgery and can now do most everything. The hardest is walking downstairs and squatting. Toe raises are still hard and I can identify about the morning issues. If you're interested, go to patrinabird for my videos.

[ChicknFrydSkank]

How many weeks before you tried to skate?

[bladeblazecom]

@ChicknFrydSkank .. I first tried to skate 5 months after surgery, much easier than walking, jogging... I didn`t recover very well after surgery, I had to wait 2 months before starting rehab for just to walk again. That vid wasn`t easy to make, a lot of pain killers, stayed off the bad foot as much as possibe. Skating right, is no impact compare to running.

[Gastman87]

Awesome video, great skill.

[Ballpuncher]

Good skater.

[yourm0mlikesme]

thanx for the tip...i see my self stopping with my weaker outside blade skate now, but it is not right next to the inside edge leg, it is more like in front of it as / \ or doing letter A...nonetheless this is insanity. love it

[CyberCacique1]

Nice vid. Any chance you can mention your routine for getting back into shape with a timeline? I was VERY athletic before my injury and hope to get back to, but don't want any setbacks.

I ruptured my Achilles one month ago. I get my cast off in one week and will wear the ROBOCOP boot and will start therapy soon after.

[bladeblazecom]

I mention some stuff below.. developing balence is a big deal. The Wii Fit board with its balence games was a massive help. Timelines are different with everyone, it does take a very long time, I'm still not close to having my calve musle back. There is a lot of support and timeline examples online, eg. achillesblog dotcom is a great one..

[tna1968]

Sweet video, just popped my Achilles two weeks ago. How long were you in a cast for? How long before you were using weight bearing activities? I still hopes of being on the ice for the fall season, but that will be close.

[bladeblazecom]

proper recreational skating is non-impact, so I was doing that far before any activities with running jumping... I didn't play my first full league game until 9 months after surgery. I tried to play 6 months in and quickly relized that was stupid, get'n bumped, crashed, leaned on... It's been 13 months snice surgery, still got nerve pain and lots of rehab to go..

[DIRKDDS1]

ruptured my achilles in June 08. Been almost a year for me. Nice to see another person thats recovered!!!

[TheUnf0rgivin]

Awsome skater

[HockeyDarkness22]

hey man do you play competitive hockey? you look pretty good! smae with the shooting for beginners video that helped me out a lot thank you

[bladeblazecom]

Glad the vid helped! I'm just a skilled competitive instructor & beer league player! Thx!

[slide06]

what skates are u wearing?

[bladeblazecom]

CCM Vector Pro. I think 2006 model

[slide06]

how do u like them? sick vid by the way.

[bladeblazecom]

Thx! Skates have worked good for me, I have short wide feet, CCM normally fit wide, they're light, the lace lock is great, wicked forward lean and been extremly durable (hard toe, chain mesh body). I just wished they wern't a half size to big, that was my fault, wax laces help that problem a lot.

[johnnydanger1182]

dude thats awesome. your surgery was more intense than mine, i tore my meniscus playing and had it fixed 2 weeks ago. still cant play yet but i cant wait to. i was worried my knee would never be the same again. i hope so.. keep playin man

[bladeblazecom]

thanks! rehab rehab rehab, do it right, do it a lot! Once you can, go hardcore on developing your bad leg's balance, that's been so important for me... good luck