rojo wrote:
What do Rojo and Galen Rupp have in common?
We've both had Achilles surgery done by Amol Saxena.
LetsRun.com wrote:
"He's pretty amazing," Saxena said. "I've treated almost 100 Olympians. He definitely has the highest pain threshold of anybody I've treated."
That being said, I'm pissed that Saxena threw me under bus. Initially, I thought his quote about Rupp's pain threshold left open the possibility that I have a higher pain threshold than Rupp (as I'm a non Olympian) but reading it again, I realize he's sayhing Rupp has the highest pain threshold of anyone - not just the Olympians.
I was hoping one could interpret that quote as , "I've treated almost 100 Olympians. He definitely has the highest pain threshold of any Olympian I've ever treated but there was a spare 2:23 marathoner who was even tougher," but that doesn't seem to be the case.
On a serious note, can a medical professional tell me how he knows how much pain someone is feeling?
As for recovery time, I don't know if all Achilles surgeries are the same but after mine I kept calling Amol every few months saying my Achilles still hurt. He kept telling me to do my rehab and to not be worried until 365 days had passed. He said sometimes it took a year. If it hurt after 1 year, then he'd take another look. Sure enough around 12 months all pain stopped.