Achilles Journey
Sources

Where our educational context comes from.

Achilles Journey’s pathways are drafted from publicly available sources — hospital pathways, a professional-society position statement and peer-reviewed reviews. Multiple sources may inform one pathway, and they provide broad context rather than personalised direction. Here they are, in full.

SRC-001Public; date stated
Management of Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures (position statement) American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS)
Date: November 2024Context: Both pathways — overall legitimacy & uncertainty language
SRC-002Public; date stated
Achilles tendon rupture: management and rehabilitation Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Date: Approved 14 Jan 2026Context: Both — a detailed non-surgical functional-bracing example
SRC-003Public; date unverified
Achilles Tendon Rehabilitation Guidelines for Conservative and Surgical Management with VACOped Boot University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Date: Not stated on the sourceContext: Both — an adjustable-boot example

The publication/revision date is not stated on the linked page and still needs verification.

SRC-004Public; date unverified
Achilles Tendon Rupture: Information for Patients Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Date: Not stated on the sourceContext: Primarily non-surgical

The page does not state a publication date; treat the timing context accordingly.

SRC-005Peer-reviewed; date stated
Defining Components of Early Functional Rehabilitation for Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Systematic Review Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine (indexed on PubMed)
Date: 23 Dec 2019Context: Both — shows ‘early functional rehabilitation’ is not defined consistently
SRC-006Public; date stated
Rehabilitation Protocol for Achilles Rupture Repair Massachusetts General Brigham Sports Medicine
Date: Revised August 2021Context: Surgical primary repair — a criteria-based institutional example
SRC-007Peer-reviewed; date stated
Rehabilitation following operative treatment of acute Achilles tendon ruptures: a systematic review and meta-analysis EFORT Open Reviews
Date: 26 Oct 2022Context: Surgical — variability in post-operative approaches

How we use these sources

  • Multiple sources may inform a single educational pathway; no single institution’s schedule is presented as the only correct approach.
  • Sources provide broad context, not personalised direction. They do not validate our stage names, analogies or exact milestone dates.
  • Our protocol drafts require independent professional review before being presented as reviewed. See the protocol model.
  • We update our reference material as sources and professional feedback evolve, and we flag unresolved date/verification issues above rather than hiding them.

Achilles Journey is a personal recovery-tracking tool. It documents your recovery and offers educational context — it does not diagnose, prescribe, decide what you should do next, or replace your treating team. Read the medical boundary.