Depending on how your leg looks you ll get a walking boot.
Walking boot after achilles surgery.
The boot can be used for broken bones tendon injuries severe sprains or shin splints.
A walking boot helps keep the foot stable so it can heal.
Immediate weight bearing walking boot may be helpful for achilles tendon rupture patients were highly satisfied when they followed an 8 week functional mobilization program after a rupture and.
Walking was allowed with as much weight as the patient could handle.
They were put in an ankle cast and special boot with a heel to keep the ankle in a slightly flexed foot pointed down position.
If you haven t torn your achilles you probably won t need surgery.
After patients are full weight bearing in the boot protective shoe a critical portion of their recovery is transitioning back to the use of regular shoes.
When to be weight bearing after an injury or surgery.
It protects the tendon from overstretching too early.
This is called the equinus or plantar flexed position.
By 4 weeks the boot will be moved to a neutral position and in rehab you ll learn to walk on it correctly.
The second group did not have surgery.