Good on you for being so proactive 👏 💪 🙌 ! The VACOped will indeed be worth every cent you paid for it - I got super lucky to get one fitted in the ER before I even knew they existed 🙏. Fingers crossed you have a good PT who knows what they're doing, because that'll be even more important, particularly if you want to be snowboarding again in such a 'short' time (there are few snowboarders on this sub, just in case you haven't stumbled across them already).
Sounds like you have a pretty positive attitude, anyway, which will help you a lot ... it can be a bit of a mental game sometimes. My journaling was helpful for me, therapeutic at the beginning, I'm mostly just tracking milestones now; if you're not one for writing, think about video logs - even if it's not regular, try and track all the mini-wins, milestones and so on ... it'll take little time, no money and may prove to be a help if you have a down point along the rehab journey; it will probably also be fascinating to re-visit in the distant future.
Good luck with your recovery, dude!
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u/Positive-Pop5595
Awesome, sounds like you're off to a good recovery! Looking forward to hearing more. Keep a journal with all recovery things. You'll be glad you did.
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u/TheKingLeshen
I'm a little further ahead than you, in similar (but less severe) circumstances. It's been 4 weeks since my partial rupture, 0.7cm so I also went non-op at my doctor's recommendation.
I'm in the vacoped, still locked at 30 degrees. I'm an athlete too and I'm a little bit concerned about lengthening the tendon so I'm not going to mess with the flex myself, but my physio starts soon so I'm expecting some change then.
I hope your recovery goes as quick as expected, I'd be interested to hear how the injections go for you. I'd also like to be back in 6-8 months if possible but I'm not doing anything extra like that as of yet. But I feel like my recovery is going well. My isometrics are feeling pretty solid and I've been walking in the boot without any crutches for over a week now.
If you don't have one I recommend getting an Even-Up for your good foot to level yourself out a bit. It makes transitioning into full weight bearing much easier.