WHY WERE ACHILLES EVEN INVENTED

It’s the negative step. Haliburton also

They should start teaching players to not do that moving forward. Seems to be putting way too much force on the Achilles

In terms of biomechanics, it’s the worst combination. With the negative step, the calf and Achilles tendon are already stretch to their limit, then the calf needs to contract with a lot of power for that explosiveness.

Yep, that’s how you snap your Achilles. By putting force on it.

A lot of factors.  But I also think athletes just getting bigger, stronger, and faster, and our bodies not being equipped to handle that plays a part too.  

The pace of the game is just insane, It’s really just that imo. The level of mobility every player on the floor has now is higher than it’s ever been. It’s a crazy amount of movement.

I tore my Achilles recently so I hate to see it, my theory about the uptick is around increased traction. Shoes are getting better and more grippy and plays are expected to take advantage of the explosive direction changes that can be exploited from such traction on the court. With high traction, the shoe doesn’t give so all that directional force is left to your Achilles instead of being partially lost to slippage.

I tore mine on a tennis court with high grip. I wish I could’ve just slipped and fell at a certain point instead of going through this hell

Players are being asked to cover too much ground defensively. It has little to do with size; the average player was 6’7 222 back in 2010, and this year’s mark is 6’7 216.

Overuse. Their legs are older than their age because of overuse beginning from AAU. Also the faster pace of the game.

It’s the negative step move so many of them do. Your tendons are not built to take that much force in the extended position. I’ve seen similar issues with biceps on preacher curls.

It’s off some sort of a false step every time, he basically does one here with the change in direction. The body isn’t meant to do that, especially if already injured.

the motion where the injury happened use to occur once in a while. now it occurs every possession.

The game has gotten so much faster. Speed is what causes most injuries

I think its the shoes. The main issue is that the quality of most Nike shoes has gone down. The Air Jordan 12 which came out in 1997 has more support features than modern day hoop shoes. Also shoes are made with weaker materials now. They used to use genuine leather and suede now they use mesh, knits and fuse. I feel like leather and suede support you a lot better than the softer materials.

I have to believe fewer regular season games would mean less body fatigue and reduce the likelihood of any given player tearing an Achilles but I ain’t a doctor

Pace of the current NBA and the atrocious schedule play a huge part in this.

I don’t think so. I’ve seen a lot of players in the nfl and nba walk off after Achilles injuries.

Kobe walked to the free throw line and shot free throws after his

Idk you can see the calf recoil in the replay, not looking good…

You can infamously walk on your own after an achilles snap

Kobe walked to the ft line, hit 2, then walked off on his own all with a ruptured Achilles. Donte walking off means nothing. 

No. Being able to walk on it is suggestive of a full tear.

Not really. Everytime it happens now I remember someone commenting “At least he was able to walk away at least” and it never means anything

Kobe Bryant hit 2 free throws and walked off on his own weight with a fully snapped Achilles, so no I wouldn’t say it’s really a sign of anything positive.

I’ve just seen the pop replay. It’s unmistakable.

my husband could walk ok after his Achilles rupture during an over 40s soccer game, and the surgeon used the word “exploded” to describe it’s condition… he rehabbed ok by average person standards though

Daniel jones

A trainer told me a long time ago - it’s the full tears that you walk off from. Your body is in so much pain that it just shuts it all off at the moment. Partial tears feel more painful in the immediate

I tore achilles playing ball 8 days ago.

Im walking right now. Surgery on monday

Kisses me off because it feels to me like a bad ankle sprain and SHOULD just be able to power through. Fuck the achilles man.

Just depends. I was asking the doctor thr same thing, but he told me the Soleus muscle is doing a TON of compensating

Nope.

Achilles connects the 2 big gun leg muscles responsible for ~90% of the force needed for a leg raise. Take it out & you cannot do tippy toes at all.

Source: doctor & ruptured my achilles

You have to call a TO first, Donte was trying to get Finch’s attention for a few seconds, they didn’t realize he was hurt.

There’s really no rush. It’s not like they can quickly massage an Achilles back together.

The stat was he literally played all 82 games too? Devastating.

I mean it’s 100% clearly obvious. What do you mean.

Yeah, an ominous sighting that any sports fans can 99% of the times diagnose.

This first round has been a battlefield, every series has been interesting one way or another.

does it every time… shit I feel for him

Hes nails, such a good glue guy

Of course everyone’s different, but it actually didn’t hurt too bad right away for me. Unfortunately it looked a lot like this. I’d bet big money he popped it. You can still walk alright even with a complete rupture bc your dorsiflexors are fine, so your toes won’t drag but you have like 5% of your “push-off” strength.

Felt like a wooden bat to the calf initially, very dull but tolerable. Thought someone kicked me, looked back & nobody was there, then felt the gap in the tendon and knew. I could move my foot up/down against gravity, but with any weight or resistance I had almost no downward strength.

If it’s partially torn, walking on it can potentially worsen the tear & hurt more, so being cautious/immobilizing it like the others you mentioned isn’t a bad idea, especially if there’s still some tendon connection left. It’ll also help prevent your calf muscles from retracting up into your leg like you might see with complete ruptures.

As the inflammation ramps up over a few hours the pain gets progressively worse and more sharp until surgery. Then pretty extended immobilization to let the tendon heal followed by a lovely & lengthy rehab sadness tour.

Step forward instead of stepping back to push off.