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2. Analysis: Aaron Rodgers' remarkable recovery sets standard ...

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   On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. Aaron Rodgers defied conventional medicine by returning to practice just 77 days after surgery for a torn Achilles tendon.

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

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   Twelve weeks after surgery, the tension in his surgically repaired Achilles remained similar to his other one. After 16 weeks, the tendon’s elasticity had returned. By November, he was doing ...

4. Aaron Rodgers making progress on Achilles rehab: ‘I'm going ...

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   Rodgers underwent surgery two days after he tore his Achilles in the Jets’ season opener earlier this month. Naturally, as an Achilles injury is widely considered to be a season-ending setback ...

5. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction - Wikipedia

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   One of the more important benchmarks in recovery is the twelve weeks post-surgery period. After this, the patient can typically begin a more aggressive regimen of exercises involving stress on the knee, and increasing resistance. Jogging may be incorporated as well. After four months, more intense activities such as running are possible without ...

6. Tenotomy - Wikipedia

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   A tenotomy is a surgical act which involves the division of a tendon. [1] It and related procedures are also referred to as tendon release, tendon lengthening, and heel-cord release. When it involves the Achilles tendon, it is called "Achillotenotomy". [citation needed] It has been used in the treatment of cerebral palsy. [2]

7. 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.

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

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   The Achilles tendon connects the muscles in the back of the calf to the heel. Tears are usually painful and can affect a person's ability to walk. “It allows you to push off.

9. Toe walking - Wikipedia

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   If conservative (non-surgical) measures do not help with changing the walking or making the calf muscles longer and correcting the toe walking after about 12–24 months, surgical lengthening of the tendon is an option. The surgery is typically done under full anaesthesia but if there are no issues, the child is released the same day. After the ...