An achilles is very hard though, my good friend did that but now I tease him and slid in tackle – jajaja. It takes time but you get back. You might not want to run on treadmill though, the pounding is different. Do you do any water runs?

My ACL has come along and my Trainer and Dr held me back a long time to make sure it was healthy and used a very unique program involving water and sand runs as my basis.

Chris, nothing has been verified completely yet so there is a lot of unanswered questions and gossip. Right now all reports are coming in slowly but I will update at same time tomorrow (I think that is your early evening) unless I can get on after practice. You are correct of ACL and I can attest because I have had the same surgery. In your recovery you may feel fine in 6 months but you are not really fully-fit for over a year and can not really “load” up on your plant leg for even longer.

For an impact sport like football, a player who suffers such an injury *typically* recovers from surgery, rehab, et al., within about 7-9 months. HOWEVER, the confidence that said player will have in the “re-built” knee is what holds them back–performing something which previously would have been second nature/reflexive now affects the athlete such that they must momentarily think about the move and whether or not it will affect the injured knee. This is the most extreme drawback of a serious orthopaedic injury. This is what takes them from world class to *only* waaaay above average. In American football, such an injury *usually* takes 2 full seasons to regain full fitness–both physically and psychologically.

That is all I can say, Matthias.