SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A RUPTURED ACHILLES? SO THE CLASSIC ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE IS USUALLY ... EITHER IN A SPLINT OR A CAST, A FUNCTIONAL BRACE LIKE A BOOT WITH HEEL WEDGES.

In the largest study of 775 patients, the overall complication rate of surgically treated Achilles tendon ruptures was ... 3 weeks followed by a Sheffield splint for 6 to 8 weeks.