> In patients with Achilles’ tendon rupture, surgery (open repair or minimally invasive surgery) was not associated with better outcomes than nonoperative treat

> In patients with Achilles’ tendon rupture, surgery (open repair or minimally invasive surgery) was not associated with better outcomes than nonoperative treatment at 12 months. I tore my achilles in 3 years ago, I had surgery to repair. I can't say 12 months is really all that important. At 12 months I could walk with a limp and just barely jog a 1/4 mile. But KD was making jump shots and practicing for NBA at 9 months. I've been getting stronger and getting more range of motion and strength continually. Just yesterday some stuff in my ankle clicked a bunch and once again I've got a little bit more motion. All the research I read said something like, the first 6 months is the most crucial and you get limited gains out to 2 years. But I'm still improving beyond that. If I had to do it all over again, I would get the surgery and do the PT even harder than I did. I think the good outcome I had was due to not being obese and walking hundreds of miles in the last two years. Anecdata from the FB achilles rupture support group makes me think its just lazy people who think 1 hour of lazy resistance band work 3 times a week is going to get them back to where they were.