I NEVER feel the need to write reviews, but the experience I had on 8/28 is one I truly hope no one has to go through. I went to the ER because I was working out and felt a pop in the back of my leg, and was very confident I ruptured my achilles tendon. I have my degree in Kinesiology, NASM certification, and have been competing in CrossFit for 5 years, and felt EXTREMELY confident this was an achilles rupture. I go to the ER, try to check in, and there was no one greeting or there to tell us where to go. I fill out a slip with my name and go wait in the waiting room. They're receiving my vitals and a nurse comes up, ask whats wrong, begins probing me, then says they need to x-ray my ankle. I'm currently in a wheelchair at this time because I can't walk. I'm wheeled into a separate non-sick waiting area, and then am told to get out of the wheelchair and sit in a chair. Mind you, my leg is on fire, I'm in excruciating pain and don't want to move much if at all. I get out of the wheelchair, sit in a regular chair in the non-sick waiting room. After two hours, a nurse comes over and takes me back to X-Ray. I still have not received pain medication and I'm at a 6-7 on the pain scale. While I am ON THE TABLE, waiting to get X-Rayed, the nurse comes up to me and tells me there is another nurse sleeping behind the X-ray booth under a blanket. I felt like there was no need for me to know this information, and also, I began questioning why I came here. My X-Rays get done and I'm wheeled back to the non-sick waiting room, and told AGAIN to get out of the wheelchair and sit in a chair. It's been three hours at this point and I need to go to the bathroom, but haven't been able to go since I don't have a wheelchair, and my ride who took me to the hospital had to run home to take care of something before returning. A separate nurse comes up to me to finally give me pain medication and I asked her if she could take me to the bathroom which she did, and she was the best person I had seen all night! She grabbed me a wheelchair and water and said "I don't know why they didn't let you sit in this". I finally see the doctor after being there for three hours. He examines me and I tell him I heard a pop, it felt like someone kicked me in the back of the leg, and I couldn't put weight on my leg or walk. He started probing my leg and asked if I could move my foot up or down, which I couldn't, and then began fixating on pain in my calf because I told him there was pain there. He then tells me he's going to go to radiology and ask to get an MRI or CT. At this time I'm thinking things are starting to look up! Another hour passes and he comes up to me and says he spoke to another Orthopedic Doctor and that him and the doctor are "extremely" confident that I instead tore my medial gastrocnemius (calf muscle). When I tell ya'll my achilles was not visible, you couldn't feel it, or see the distinction in the back of my leg! I did not get scanned, and instead was told to be put into a splint and be sent home. The doctor then gave me a referral to see the ortho the next day to do "further diagnosing". At midnight I finally got home, (still did not have pain meds and had to pick them up in the morning). I called the ortho office at 8am when they opened to receive "further diagnosis" that I didn't feel confident was going to happen since this is the same doctor that diagnosed me with a calf tear when I was showing ALL the sign of an achilles rupture. They office assistant told me the earliest they could get me in would be 3 days later, and I couldn't wait that long with still no answer. I took it upon myself to schedule a separate ortho appointment with no referral the same day at a separate clinic that specializes in sports rehab. Within 5 minutes of seeing this doctor he was able to CORRECTLY diagnose me with a FULL achilles tendon rupture, AND schedule me for surgery Thursday morning!!! THE SAME THURSDAY I WAS GOING TO SEE THE OTHER ORTHO DOCTOR. Please, do yourself a favor and do NOT visit this ER. Advocate for your health, and get a second opinion. read more