grunkiejr
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The achilles itself will be back to full strength after about 12 weeks. At that point his risk of retearing it is no different than tearing his other one. His problem will be that his ankle was immobilized for so long that his range of motion will be reduced and take 3x the length of time it was immobilized to get range of motion back. Further, this calf will atrophy so he won't have the same spring in his step. It will usually takes 6-12 months to come back at 100%.
My achilles ruptured a couple years ago so I've been through the same recovery. It wasn't much fun.