Thread: TORE MY ACHILLES TENDON

hello guys. as you can see by my post count I am new here, but not anywhere close to being new on the boards or training. I tore my Achilles tendon playing basketball 1 1/2 months ago. I have had a splint on. I have had surgery. I have had on another splint. Now I am 18 days into my hard cast. on the 28th I will be in another hard cast for 5 weeks (but will be able to bare weight on this cast). then another 4 weeks inside a removable boot. THEN........PT. I am losing size everyday. my left calf is atrophying at alarming weight as well as my left quad and hamstring.

my motivation level sucks now...laid up on couch. cannot work my real job (union laborer), and watch movies all day. I HATE LIFE!

I need to get back into the gym asap....

Just read an article abot Creatine. It is a proven fact that it WILL greatly reduce muscle wasting when a muscle is totally out of use. In fact, in the test they did the musle being monitored was casted so the situation was almost identicale to yours. I'll look and see if I can find the link but I know for a fact that Creatine will greatly reduce your muscle wasting.