The NHS undertakes more than 8,000 Achilles tendon repair operations a year. Here, Elizabeth Brooker, 32, a theatre nurse who lives with her husband near Penryn, Cornwall, tells us about her ...
According to an Instagram post that Holmes, 47, shared on Sunday, Oct. 13, he injured his Achilles tendon, which caused him to drop out of the remainder of the 26.2-mile race. "So this happened.
Achilles tendinitis is described as "an overuse injury of the Achilles tendon, the band of tissue that connects calf muscles at the back of the lower leg to your heel bone," according to the ...
The "speed bridge" procedure involves anchoring the Achilles tendon to the heel bone with stitches and bone anchors.