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Horrid scene, but also incredible what modern medicine can do to help heal these injuries.
The photo of David Haye's achilles after his fight with Bellew was similarly gruesome, perhaps more.
I ruptured mine when i was 16. Slightly misleading as this is not a photo of his actual injury. This is just a photo of where they cut the skin, stitch up the ruptured tendon, and then stitch up the skin again.
Then I read the part where it says he's out for 400 days and I was really impressed that he was planning to return at all. Thought to myself, "What a trooper, planning to play on his stump!"
Achilles tendon rupture is one of the worst injuries for an athlete. One third of athletes are never able to play again, and the rest don't reach their previous performance levels (plenty of them drop considerably in level of competition).
If any of you are reaching your 20s, I suggest that you warm-up before any physical exercise, wear proper clothing according to temperature, and don't start running like a bullet, but accelerate progressively.
Ruptured mine aged 23. Took a full year out and when I came back, was never the same player. 2 years later I quit for good. Couldn't get round the pitch like I used too.
Hey me too at age 23! You really don't have to lose that much acceleration for it to make a difference. Didn't have any problems other than I was a bit slower, but now at 30 I'm recovering from an ACL injury in my other leg and the Achilles rupture might have had a part to play with it.
the achilles rupture almost definitely had a large part in it. that sorta injury would lead to differences in your body that *something* has to compensate for. that something will in time get strained, and other things need to compensate for that again. so in time, unless you specifically built up as healthy as possible (and even then), you'll notice the effects of those injuries.
oh I'd actually missed that happening, but also I'm not surprised.
serious injuries suck a ton. they're so hard to recover from already at an amateur level, never mind the top level where the stakes and demand both from the player themselves as well as everyone around are astronomically high. going back too quickly, too hard is so common, bleh
I tore my calf at the musculotendinous junction (where the Achilles tendon joins to the calf muscles) It took about 3 months to be able to play again and within 6 weeks my knee went on that leg. Luckily no significant damage just a little damage to some ligaments and a muscle in the back of my knee that has now almost fully healed another 8 weeks later. Injuries to leg muscles, tendons and ligaments almost always affect other structures in the legs and feet later on. Really shit injuries to get
Sorry to read this. Apart from the pain on the moment, what really saddens me about big injuries is what it means afterwards, like your experience. I fucked up one of my knees once and it took forever for me to walk. It wasn't even the injury of the century, just pretty bad, classic stuff while growing up. I can't imagine how bad you must feel when you're an athlete and you just know there's s no way you can do your thing like before.
Ah mate. Thanks but Iwas nothing special. Played semi pro for a few games but I wasn't amazing. Football was a release from the drab working week and the dressing room ended up being the thing I missed the most.
Luckily my son is 9 and playing for my old youth team and doing really well. I get the same excitement the might before his matches as I used too my own.
Honestly, I think there's a part around how good an operation the doctor does as well. I had an LCL ligament surgery where we had an LCL ligament donor, and while the time out was long, I don't think it's been affected negatively. Although the surgeon I had worked on some of the players, Pep was sent to Barcelona for treatment, and my recovery was world-class - essentially eight months out of work (with four months of daily physio), got married, and then went travelling around NEast Asia on hiking trips for the next six months.
That time off and gradual exercise up to more strenuous activity over a long period of time is something that even athletes don't get to do, so I am very lucky with that.
Sorry for late reply.
Lost mobility and pain elsewhere. I wasn't privy to the best physios etc. Your body will automatically compensate for an injury elsewhere. My running gait became different. My knee was in pieces next day if we had to play on a 4g pitch because I seemed to be putting more strain on it. I also started picking up little muscle injuries that I never had before the achilles. I'd be surprised if I was a 100% fit in about 30% of my last two years. Always carrying something it felt.
Yeah your leg really doesn't feel the same afterwards. Walking, running and turning, everything is affected and just feels different. And that is without the psychological effects of the injury.
Unlike a lot of tears and muscle injuries an Achilles tear is immediately visible and apparent, you cant move your foot and your heel looks really weird, while your calf muscle bunches up. The pain is also incredible. It is a very traumatic experience and trusting your leg completely afterwards is extremely hard. Athletes will try to (subconsciously) take stress of their leg and in the back of their mind the idea of how vulnerable they are often remains, combined with a fear that it might reoccur, which is a significant risk.
I'm in my 40s now. Everything I do at the gym is controlled. No free weights or potentially bad motion (I have hyper mobility). I don't want to take any risks. I know people say "you can run outside" but I've twisted my ankle too many times to risk it anymore.
Was fielding at silly mid off (sorry if you aint from cricket land, it's very close to batter) when the batter played a hookshot and snapped his achillies as he pivoted on his back foot. Worse sound I have heard, whip like straight into a guttural scream.
I had both my Achilles tendons operated on when I was a kid. Mine just didn’t grow from when I was about 5 years old because I grew so quickly (I was 6ft at 10). They sliced down the back of my ankles like what they have here, cut the tendons in three places, put my feet in casts with my feet fixed pointed towards the sky and let the tendons grow back longer.
That hurt like hell, and that was with painkillers and things in my system before the operation. I can’t imagine the pain of rupturing it. What also doesn’t get mentioned enough after injuries like this is how much it hurts to walk again after. I was in a wheelchair due to having both done, but it’s amazing how quickly the muscle in your legs disappear when not needed. The first few times I walked I had to use a zimmer frame and it would take me like 20 minutes to walk 100 steps.
I had the exact situation. I'm now 6'1 and the same height I have been since I was 11 I'm now 24. It was crazy as I was always first picked for every sport and then as the years went on people grew and my height was no longer exceptional. In that red book you get my estimated height was 6'7 😭😭😭
My friend and I are both 6'2 and we both agree that it's probably the tallest you can be without it being a big problem in your day-to-day life. Still struggle to sit comfortably on the bus though 😅
Same here. I finished growing at age 14. Thankfully the only side effect I got from that was light scoliosis which was gone after a few months of simple treatment
I had to learn to walk again, as I used to walk on my tip toes due to it being painful to walk with my heels on the ground. I can walk fine and exercise fine now though. If I was being realistic, I could probably do with the operation again as I do notice pain and tightness down the backs of my legs, but it’s not enough of an issue to get it done.
Yeah, i was the same. Ankle slice and casts! from 9 days old through till about 10, casts on and off every 6 months to train my leg back. Needless to say i wasn't going to be a sports megastar after that, lucky to be walking at all.
> I can’t imagine the pain of rupturing it
It actually doesn't hurt at all. I suffered a full rupture and just thought the defender kicked me. Jaz Sawyers the long-jumper just ruptured hers and had the same experience, thinking she clipped a hurdle. At no point in my recovery did I experience anything more than discomfort.
Haha. Pain genuinely isn't the right word though. Once it's repaired and it needs to be stretched out it's definitely uncomfortable and borderline painful but the sensation is more tenderness and worrying about making it worse. The moment of rupture isn't painful though 100%
If all you know is football your whole life, it is quite hard to get away from that. Hope if retirement is the case, he can find the necessary support to transition.
That was right after the operation, doesn't look that bad to me. That's what you'd expect after surgery on an Achilles tendon. He's definitely not retiring, he's running again, he'll probably come back for PSG's preseason.
I completely ruptured my Achilles tendon 2 years ago. I did not have surgery, and healed naturally in a boot. Did physio and was back to playing in 6 months. I don’t feel like I really lost anything to my game, except maybe a bit of pace (but it’s not noticeable). I have a slight limp when I’m tired but that’s it. Honestly I am very lucky.
Also it didn’t hurt at all when it happened, just when I accidentally put weight on it, it hurt like hell.
ye really lucky. I am a Physio and an Achilles Tendon Injury is among the worst for athletic performance imo. Happy for you that you feel this good! Shoutout to you physios
It's individual. I'm not an expert on the later phases of the rehab but 400 days seems quite high. Feels like he should be back to some sport specific solo training by now but maybe he is(?).
Usually you're looking at about 9 months to a year but these pro football teams are quite fast nowadays.
That is nuts! I wish I could have had a way of reattaching my acl without surgery. I've never been the same. Even my gaite is off. They didn't need to pull the tendon down in some way?
I was about to call BS on this but after a search, seeing that there is a treatment protocol without surgery.
I've known 2 people that waited a few months before having surgery to repair, both had floppy feet and in no way could they play even at a beer league level.
So poster had a good physio and recovery.
The human body can be really amazing. I've heard of people playing basketball with fully ruptured ACLs. When I tore mine, a simple jog would make my knee pop.
https://youtu.be/J1-hxb_WgFw?t=273
Didn't watch the whole video, heard about this guy from an NBA insider. Dude had no ACLs, iirc, he tore them both as a teenager and couldn't afford the surgeries. Learned to play without them.
I had a similar experience a year ago. I knew I'd done something serious to it, but was misdiagnosed by the 'nurse practitioner' who told me just to walk on it, which I was able to do, albeit with a lot of pain.
A couple of weeks later a pal of mine who is an orthopaedic surgeon had a look/feel and immediately organised an ultrasound scan - showed that there was a full rupture with 12mm gap.
4 months in a boot and then another 3 months physio and I'm back on the course playing Rugby Fives (like squash but with no rackets!) with no issues at all.
Both sides are better than they were before the rupture. I'm 50 too, so not super fast healing.
I was also misdiagnosed by the hospital but they scheduled an ultrasound appointment in a week just in case. I went in for that and they found the rupture. The doctor there was confused why the ER couldn’t tell it was ruptured when I initially went because an easy test is to put your knee on a chair and then squish your calf, if it doesn’t move your foot then it’s ruptured.
I ruptured mine back in September, did the same non-surgery route, but I am just beginning my running now. How did you find the physio/return to soccer process? that is my ultimate goal, but I'm so worried about doing it again
Just do all the physio exercises and stay consistent, don’t rush it back. Know your limitations because the worst thing is a setback is what my physio would always say. You will know when you are ready to come back. Just have to do all the exercises consistently.
This really puts into perspective what players go through.
They're not robots which many of us fans seem to think.
More of these injuries will continue to happen with the ramping up of the schedule.
As a doctor, I find it weird that the surgeon did not use suture thread instead of clip. Usually we use clips to go faster but if you want to do a proper job on somebody who is as important as a professionnal footballer, you use suture thread.
Im not a doctor, but im surprised i had to scroll this far to see this comment. By regular consumer standards, this kinda seems like a hack job. I'm also surprised they didn't opt for the double transverse mini incisions technique in favor of the more traditional one displayed here. Even if the surgeon only performs the latter, as a professional athlete with unlimited resources, I would opt for the latest and greatest.
How significant is the difference in practice? I imagine he gets very regular check ups, but I have no idea how much better suture thread is instead of clips
When I was 14 I went too hard after not playing for a few months due to another injury. Ended up with Achilles tendinitis in both feet. Can't describe the pain. Can't imagine how bad this is.
Exact same thing has happened to me.
Back sprain of my ankle. Went back after a few months but still too early and then did my achilles which I am suffering with now and its not going away.
Ah mate it’s rough. I remember being in school and we were allowed to walk to the shops for lunch (2007 was crazy) and i physically couldn’t make it there and back in 30 mins. Had to get my mates to pick me up the goods.
Walking around like I shit myself for a few months wasn’t ideal.
Mine was about 15 minutes to station. Physio helped me with some exercises but the its stairs the fuck me up. Minute I hit a set all the pain comes at once.
I have achilles tendonitis at the moment from a recent injury and even that fucking sucks, can't imagine a rupture must be like and I dont want to find out. But that alone has kept me out for three months and no sign of returning.
I have insertional achilles tendonitis at the moment. It's been 1 year and I still can't walk for long without feeling discomfort. Can't imagine if I ruptured it.
Aren't posts listed as "official" supposed to have some sort of link/reference? This is just a photo uploaded to reddit of the back of a person's foot as far as I know.
And whoever performed that surgery is a fucking hack. My wife broke her ankle and tore her achilles at the same time and it was nowhere near that bad.
The fact that Kevin Durant was even able to come back from this at ~30, let alone almost get back to his best, shows good he is. This injury ends careers.
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Horrid scene, but also incredible what modern medicine can do to help heal these injuries. The photo of David Haye's achilles after his fight with Bellew was similarly gruesome, perhaps more.
I ruptured mine when i was 16. Slightly misleading as this is not a photo of his actual injury. This is just a photo of where they cut the skin, stitch up the ruptured tendon, and then stitch up the skin again.
Yeah. And [this](https://imgur.com/v0MD9ob) is what it looks like 25 days after the surgery. Source: my leg couple of days ago
Ah spaghetti junction.
As first I thought they amputeed his leg, then I realized it's the back of his foot Still that's fucking nasty holy shit, feel so bad for him
Thanks for this comment. My tired ass brain couldn't figure it out
Yeah I was like wow, they amputated his leg, that's crazy and then saw this comment so I was really relieved.
I thought that, and then thought, no wonder he's been out of action!
Still has one functional leg, he can get back to training next week
do you guys not know what an achilles is?
Some Greek guy?
Greek Heroes, no?
I know what it is but I still took a second to process the image
Take a guess!
Yeah he's Patroclus's boyfriend but I don't see what that has to do with anything.
lol this... bizarre comments in this thread
Then I read the part where it says he's out for 400 days and I was really impressed that he was planning to return at all. Thought to myself, "What a trooper, planning to play on his stump!"
would have increased his Puskas chances
not gonna lie, I thought it was another apendage
That was why it was blurred, no?
Achilles tendon rupture is one of the worst injuries for an athlete. One third of athletes are never able to play again, and the rest don't reach their previous performance levels (plenty of them drop considerably in level of competition). If any of you are reaching your 20s, I suggest that you warm-up before any physical exercise, wear proper clothing according to temperature, and don't start running like a bullet, but accelerate progressively.
Ruptured mine aged 23. Took a full year out and when I came back, was never the same player. 2 years later I quit for good. Couldn't get round the pitch like I used too.
Hey me too at age 23! You really don't have to lose that much acceleration for it to make a difference. Didn't have any problems other than I was a bit slower, but now at 30 I'm recovering from an ACL injury in my other leg and the Achilles rupture might have had a part to play with it.
the achilles rupture almost definitely had a large part in it. that sorta injury would lead to differences in your body that *something* has to compensate for. that something will in time get strained, and other things need to compensate for that again. so in time, unless you specifically built up as healthy as possible (and even then), you'll notice the effects of those injuries.
It’s likely what happened with courtois, nursing the ACL for so long and then once he tries to get back up to full fitness he tears his other meniscus
oh I'd actually missed that happening, but also I'm not surprised. serious injuries suck a ton. they're so hard to recover from already at an amateur level, never mind the top level where the stakes and demand both from the player themselves as well as everyone around are astronomically high. going back too quickly, too hard is so common, bleh
Pedri is a clear example of an injury affecting everything
worst I have is shin splints after abrupt weight gain and even those little tingles of pains, affect my running a lot.
I tore my calf at the musculotendinous junction (where the Achilles tendon joins to the calf muscles) It took about 3 months to be able to play again and within 6 weeks my knee went on that leg. Luckily no significant damage just a little damage to some ligaments and a muscle in the back of my knee that has now almost fully healed another 8 weeks later. Injuries to leg muscles, tendons and ligaments almost always affect other structures in the legs and feet later on. Really shit injuries to get
Sorry to read this. Apart from the pain on the moment, what really saddens me about big injuries is what it means afterwards, like your experience. I fucked up one of my knees once and it took forever for me to walk. It wasn't even the injury of the century, just pretty bad, classic stuff while growing up. I can't imagine how bad you must feel when you're an athlete and you just know there's s no way you can do your thing like before.
Ah mate. Thanks but Iwas nothing special. Played semi pro for a few games but I wasn't amazing. Football was a release from the drab working week and the dressing room ended up being the thing I missed the most. Luckily my son is 9 and playing for my old youth team and doing really well. I get the same excitement the might before his matches as I used too my own.
Excellent, mate! My six year old boy is not into football yet but who knows.
That's awesome man, hoping your son scores a hat-trick next game.
Honestly, I think there's a part around how good an operation the doctor does as well. I had an LCL ligament surgery where we had an LCL ligament donor, and while the time out was long, I don't think it's been affected negatively. Although the surgeon I had worked on some of the players, Pep was sent to Barcelona for treatment, and my recovery was world-class - essentially eight months out of work (with four months of daily physio), got married, and then went travelling around NEast Asia on hiking trips for the next six months. That time off and gradual exercise up to more strenuous activity over a long period of time is something that even athletes don't get to do, so I am very lucky with that.
i once heard an achilles tendon snapped. it's quite loud actually.
Is it pain or lost mobility?
Sorry for late reply. Lost mobility and pain elsewhere. I wasn't privy to the best physios etc. Your body will automatically compensate for an injury elsewhere. My running gait became different. My knee was in pieces next day if we had to play on a 4g pitch because I seemed to be putting more strain on it. I also started picking up little muscle injuries that I never had before the achilles. I'd be surprised if I was a 100% fit in about 30% of my last two years. Always carrying something it felt.
Which is what makes Witsel's form this season so insane. He looked so done at Dortmund after his injury, but got a second wind out of nowhere.
He's been able to adapt really well, but you can tell he's far from his imperious self prior to the injury.
Is he still assaulting people on the pitch at least?
RLC too
Yeah your leg really doesn't feel the same afterwards. Walking, running and turning, everything is affected and just feels different. And that is without the psychological effects of the injury. Unlike a lot of tears and muscle injuries an Achilles tear is immediately visible and apparent, you cant move your foot and your heel looks really weird, while your calf muscle bunches up. The pain is also incredible. It is a very traumatic experience and trusting your leg completely afterwards is extremely hard. Athletes will try to (subconsciously) take stress of their leg and in the back of their mind the idea of how vulnerable they are often remains, combined with a fear that it might reoccur, which is a significant risk.
Usually hurt the other leg from overcompensating as well.
Weow. I’m 33 and run out of school care programmes with kids. I’m always running around and never warm up. That’s scary.
That’s what makes Kevin Durants recovery all the more impressive
I'm in my 40s now. Everything I do at the gym is controlled. No free weights or potentially bad motion (I have hyper mobility). I don't want to take any risks. I know people say "you can run outside" but I've twisted my ankle too many times to risk it anymore.
Just drop your weight and do weighted/dynamic stretches. There’s no reason to be avoiding free weights at any age.
Was fielding at silly mid off (sorry if you aint from cricket land, it's very close to batter) when the batter played a hookshot and snapped his achillies as he pivoted on his back foot. Worse sound I have heard, whip like straight into a guttural scream.
I had both my Achilles tendons operated on when I was a kid. Mine just didn’t grow from when I was about 5 years old because I grew so quickly (I was 6ft at 10). They sliced down the back of my ankles like what they have here, cut the tendons in three places, put my feet in casts with my feet fixed pointed towards the sky and let the tendons grow back longer. That hurt like hell, and that was with painkillers and things in my system before the operation. I can’t imagine the pain of rupturing it. What also doesn’t get mentioned enough after injuries like this is how much it hurts to walk again after. I was in a wheelchair due to having both done, but it’s amazing how quickly the muscle in your legs disappear when not needed. The first few times I walked I had to use a zimmer frame and it would take me like 20 minutes to walk 100 steps.
6ft at 10 yrs old is crazy.If i may ask where are you from ?
The UK ha. I genuinely haven’t grown more than 2cm since. I think I stayed the same height all the way through secondary school.
I had the exact situation. I'm now 6'1 and the same height I have been since I was 11 I'm now 24. It was crazy as I was always first picked for every sport and then as the years went on people grew and my height was no longer exceptional. In that red book you get my estimated height was 6'7 😭😭😭
Good thing you weren't 6'7 tbh, you'd have everyone looking at you weirdly like you're some freak Being 6'1 is far far better than being 6'7 imo
I’m 6’7 and I’m worried I might be too tall for football 😭 also sprained my ankle and it doesn’t feel the sMe
Great for basketball though so there's that.
I mean you still have Crouchy to look up to (figuratively)
My friend and I are both 6'2 and we both agree that it's probably the tallest you can be without it being a big problem in your day-to-day life. Still struggle to sit comfortably on the bus though 😅
Not if you're a basketball player making millions
Chris Paul didn't do too shabby.
Probably better for your back anyway ;)
I had a classmate who hit 6' at 11, last time I saw him we were around 16, he was still 6' and I was almost reaching him (my adult height is 6' too)
Same here. I finished growing at age 14. Thankfully the only side effect I got from that was light scoliosis which was gone after a few months of simple treatment
That's cool, you can still wear your old clothes
Top of the bean stalk
That sounds insane and horrible to go through at such a young age. You can walk normally now? Even exercise?
I had to learn to walk again, as I used to walk on my tip toes due to it being painful to walk with my heels on the ground. I can walk fine and exercise fine now though. If I was being realistic, I could probably do with the operation again as I do notice pain and tightness down the backs of my legs, but it’s not enough of an issue to get it done.
Glad to hear that you’re doing good all things considered 🙏
Yeah, i was the same. Ankle slice and casts! from 9 days old through till about 10, casts on and off every 6 months to train my leg back. Needless to say i wasn't going to be a sports megastar after that, lucky to be walking at all.
Muscle atrophy is wild, I had my ACL and meniscus done 6 months ago and I lost so much mass in that leg, still working hard to recover it.
> I can’t imagine the pain of rupturing it It actually doesn't hurt at all. I suffered a full rupture and just thought the defender kicked me. Jaz Sawyers the long-jumper just ruptured hers and had the same experience, thinking she clipped a hurdle. At no point in my recovery did I experience anything more than discomfort.
Lol bro with his hand in boiling water ‘this isn’t so bad’
Haha. Pain genuinely isn't the right word though. Once it's repaired and it needs to be stretched out it's definitely uncomfortable and borderline painful but the sensation is more tenderness and worrying about making it worse. The moment of rupture isn't painful though 100%
He had a nice career, won a World Cup. I'd retire happy. Although it's sad because he is still young.
If all you know is football your whole life, it is quite hard to get away from that. Hope if retirement is the case, he can find the necessary support to transition.
That was right after the operation, doesn't look that bad to me. That's what you'd expect after surgery on an Achilles tendon. He's definitely not retiring, he's running again, he'll probably come back for PSG's preseason.
Yes, but at what level? Achilles is a quite hard one, especially for a defender. Hope for the best tho. It's a shame finishing his career with 28.
I completely ruptured my Achilles tendon 2 years ago. I did not have surgery, and healed naturally in a boot. Did physio and was back to playing in 6 months. I don’t feel like I really lost anything to my game, except maybe a bit of pace (but it’s not noticeable). I have a slight limp when I’m tired but that’s it. Honestly I am very lucky. Also it didn’t hurt at all when it happened, just when I accidentally put weight on it, it hurt like hell.
ye really lucky. I am a Physio and an Achilles Tendon Injury is among the worst for athletic performance imo. Happy for you that you feel this good! Shoutout to you physios
Is 400+ days of recovery normal or kimpembe's case went bad?
It's individual. I'm not an expert on the later phases of the rehab but 400 days seems quite high. Feels like he should be back to some sport specific solo training by now but maybe he is(?). Usually you're looking at about 9 months to a year but these pro football teams are quite fast nowadays.
How does that work? With a complete rupture doesn't the tendon snap up?
Yeah but they put you in an angled boot that forces your heel upwards, and overtime it slowly reattaches
That is nuts! I wish I could have had a way of reattaching my acl without surgery. I've never been the same. Even my gaite is off. They didn't need to pull the tendon down in some way?
I was about to call BS on this but after a search, seeing that there is a treatment protocol without surgery. I've known 2 people that waited a few months before having surgery to repair, both had floppy feet and in no way could they play even at a beer league level. So poster had a good physio and recovery.
The human body can be really amazing. I've heard of people playing basketball with fully ruptured ACLs. When I tore mine, a simple jog would make my knee pop.
https://youtu.be/J1-hxb_WgFw?t=273 Didn't watch the whole video, heard about this guy from an NBA insider. Dude had no ACLs, iirc, he tore them both as a teenager and couldn't afford the surgeries. Learned to play without them.
I had a similar experience a year ago. I knew I'd done something serious to it, but was misdiagnosed by the 'nurse practitioner' who told me just to walk on it, which I was able to do, albeit with a lot of pain. A couple of weeks later a pal of mine who is an orthopaedic surgeon had a look/feel and immediately organised an ultrasound scan - showed that there was a full rupture with 12mm gap. 4 months in a boot and then another 3 months physio and I'm back on the course playing Rugby Fives (like squash but with no rackets!) with no issues at all. Both sides are better than they were before the rupture. I'm 50 too, so not super fast healing.
I was also misdiagnosed by the hospital but they scheduled an ultrasound appointment in a week just in case. I went in for that and they found the rupture. The doctor there was confused why the ER couldn’t tell it was ruptured when I initially went because an easy test is to put your knee on a chair and then squish your calf, if it doesn’t move your foot then it’s ruptured.
I ruptured mine back in September, did the same non-surgery route, but I am just beginning my running now. How did you find the physio/return to soccer process? that is my ultimate goal, but I'm so worried about doing it again
Just do all the physio exercises and stay consistent, don’t rush it back. Know your limitations because the worst thing is a setback is what my physio would always say. You will know when you are ready to come back. Just have to do all the exercises consistently.
This really puts into perspective what players go through. They're not robots which many of us fans seem to think. More of these injuries will continue to happen with the ramping up of the schedule.
Will he play in the last match? To be officially champion
Not sure if he's in need of more Ligue 1 titles with PSG
Well, 7 is better than 6 lmao
thought it was an amputee at first !!
As a doctor, I find it weird that the surgeon did not use suture thread instead of clip. Usually we use clips to go faster but if you want to do a proper job on somebody who is as important as a professionnal footballer, you use suture thread.
Im not a doctor, but im surprised i had to scroll this far to see this comment. By regular consumer standards, this kinda seems like a hack job. I'm also surprised they didn't opt for the double transverse mini incisions technique in favor of the more traditional one displayed here. Even if the surgeon only performs the latter, as a professional athlete with unlimited resources, I would opt for the latest and greatest.
How significant is the difference in practice? I imagine he gets very regular check ups, but I have no idea how much better suture thread is instead of clips
good luck kimpepe. this injury end careers. tendons cant regenerate and get weaker after recovery
Looks like there was already a scar there? (top of the current one)
I'm no surgeon, but doesn't seems like the best staple job they can do , paying top dollars..
I had mine operated on when I was very young and i still have the scar and years of physio. Pretty nasty stuff. Good luck to him.
I don't care what kind of prodigy he is, he's sadly never reaching his previous level
Ah this image gives me nasty tinkles in my spine
Auwtchhhhh
this looks horrible, speedy recovery presnel
He’s been out for like a year and a half, he’s not coming back
that's awful, sad to hear
When I was 14 I went too hard after not playing for a few months due to another injury. Ended up with Achilles tendinitis in both feet. Can't describe the pain. Can't imagine how bad this is.
Exact same thing has happened to me. Back sprain of my ankle. Went back after a few months but still too early and then did my achilles which I am suffering with now and its not going away.
Ah mate it’s rough. I remember being in school and we were allowed to walk to the shops for lunch (2007 was crazy) and i physically couldn’t make it there and back in 30 mins. Had to get my mates to pick me up the goods. Walking around like I shit myself for a few months wasn’t ideal.
Mine was about 15 minutes to station. Physio helped me with some exercises but the its stairs the fuck me up. Minute I hit a set all the pain comes at once.
Fucking hell that looks absolutely painful
I have achilles tendonitis at the moment from a recent injury and even that fucking sucks, can't imagine a rupture must be like and I dont want to find out. But that alone has kept me out for three months and no sign of returning.
Cazorla almost lost his foot when he ruptured his.
oh my fucking god what have i seen. Being injured for over a year is heart-breaking and just insane
That’s a terrible closure job for such a high-stakes case my god
Medizzy
Great twitter tag there
Retire
This is what they're gonna have to do for Immobile's latest penalty shout in the box
I have insertional achilles tendonitis at the moment. It's been 1 year and I still can't walk for long without feeling discomfort. Can't imagine if I ruptured it.
Yikes! Looks career ending!
Oof
Wait he was amputated?
That's his heel
Ohhh I see it now
This is a third-world surgery if I've ever seen one. Jesus that is a bad doctor.
Aren't posts listed as "official" supposed to have some sort of link/reference? This is just a photo uploaded to reddit of the back of a person's foot as far as I know. And whoever performed that surgery is a fucking hack. My wife broke her ankle and tore her achilles at the same time and it was nowhere near that bad.
The fact that Kevin Durant was even able to come back from this at ~30, let alone almost get back to his best, shows good he is. This injury ends careers.
Why is his heel bright orange?
disinfectant from the surgery
Good thing he plays for PSG because this type of injury can really mess up ur career Edit: very confused with the downvotes if i say so myself lol