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2. Why Achilles tears are so devastating, and what's ahead for ...

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   Rodgers isn't the first Jets QB to suffer this injury. In the 1999 opener, Vinny Testaverde, then 35, ruptured his Achilles tendon and didn’t play the rest of that season.. Testaverde eventually ...

3. Achilles tendon rupture - Wikipedia

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   An Achilles tendon rupture is estimated to occur in a little over 1 per 10,000 people per year. Males are also over 2 times more likely to develop an Achilles tendon rupture as opposed to women. Achilles tendon rupture tends to occur most frequently between the ages of 25-40 and over 60 years of age.

4. Inside Cam Akers’ remarkable return from the most feared ...

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   Get moving early. Akers’ path to demolishing the typical 9- to 12-month timeline for Achilles tear recovery began on the operating table. He put his NFL future in the skilled hands of Dr. Neal ...

5. Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles tendon. Here's what to know ...

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   An Achilles tendon rupture can mean a months-long recovery process. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...

6. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction - Wikipedia

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   Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL reconstruction) is a surgical tissue graft replacement of the anterior cruciate ligament, located in the knee, to restore its function after an injury. [ 1 ] The torn ligament can either be removed from the knee (most common), or preserved (where the graft is passed inside the preserved ruptured ...

7. Thompson test - Wikipedia

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   The Thompson test (also called Simmonds' test or Simmonds-Thompson test) is used in lower limb examination to test for the rupture of the Achilles tendon. [1][2] The patient lies face down with feet hanging off the edge of the bed. If the test is positive, there is no movement of the foot (normally plantarflexion) on squeezing the corresponding ...