http://myachillesrupture.com - Almost 2.5 years ago is when my Achilles Tendon Rupture injury occurred. People continue to ask me, "Are you 100% yet?" Well, that is an easy answer to ask, but not so easy to answer. Mentally, I have been in a great place with the injury on a daily basis for a long time and that is a great place to be, but I do admit that if the prospect of doing something pretty extreme physically presents itself to me that I have no choice but to consider my past injury. Obviously the fact that I am not paid to be a pro athlete and having a family that relies on me to be mobile comes in to play as probably the main two motivations for evaluating the risk of things I might do prior to having gone through this injury. I certainly don't think everyone has to approach things the way that I do, but it's just more of a comment on where my head is at.

The one area that I feel is pretty interesting is the slower level of recovery after physically demanding exercises that I continue to face. As you can see from the image I used for this post, the number of different post-workout products I use is indicative of this; I actually have more items than this, but didn't want you to think I was a walking test lab of products. Ha! I struggle to determine if it's the reality of just getting older or if there are lingering effects from this injury. It is kind of odd since I don't feel pain at all, but more of a decreased level of stamina on most sessions of high impact exercise. I've said it before, it is a game of adjustments and I continue to try things out and use myself as the test subject. :p