The healing time | The quadriceps tendon rupture

The healing time

The healing time of a quadriceps tendon rupture, as with all sports injuries, depends to a large extent on the patient’s cooperation. To what extent does the patient adhere to the doctor’s instructions; can he really wait long enough to avoid disturbing the “coalescence” of the tendon before putting it under renewed strain? Furthermore, the question arises what healing means in this context.

Is it about the time until the tendon pieces have healed together again and the tendon can be carefully loaded again or does healing mean the restoration of perfect functionality, as before the tendon rupture. If the first assumption is made, it can be assumed to take about 5 to 8 weeks. It usually takes more than three months before a condition like before the injury is reached.

When can I do sports again?

This question is also difficult to answer in a generalized way and is of course related to the type of sport or the intensity of the sport. For sports with little strain on the thigh muscles, it is true that it can be practiced again after about 3 months. For sports that place greater strain on the thigh muscles, the muscles must slowly return to their original level of strain.

Ideally, this can be done together with a physiotherapist who can accompany the rehabilitation process. However, athletes with extreme strain on the thigh muscles would be advised not to continue. These include, for example, weight lifters (who lift loads of over 200 kilograms).