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Akok achilles

Doctor Hoop said:
I am, it is, and he does. It really depends on how well it heals, and once healed enough how well the strength returns. I’ve got a 32 year old guy who I fixed about 5 months ago who is back running, with no restrictions in the weight room now. That’s what you hope for, and it’s more likely in younger guys. Typically you want that at 6 months. The most important thing is not to push too hard in the first 3 months. The hardest thing to get back is the explosiveness.
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5 months? That’s a super aggressive timeline for that injury. There not much precedent for that timeline in pro athletes w ruptures. I ruptured mine about a year ago (college sports days are over), and it’s a tough climb back. Not just physically, but psychologically as well.
 
Watchdog said:
I'm curious how this repair is done.
Is the tendon normally frayed and must be trimmed? How is it re-attached?
What makes it become thicker? What is the major concern in rehabbing it? Is it the tendon must be stretched carefully and slowly or is it the potential for the repaired area to fail?
Thanks, that ought to cover it.;)
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Here is a link that show animations on the 2 most common ways to repair it. We used to always repair it using the first open repair method which is tried and true. The second animation is a newer technique which I personally have had fantastic results with and is pushing to the new gold standard. The complete percutaneous technique is falling out of favor due to a higher risk of nerve injury. The second link shows the mini open how most of us do it with a small transverse incision.




Achilles Tendon Rupture Repair with Arthrex® PARS System
 
Giddyup5 said:
Here is a link that show animations on the 2 most common ways to repair it. We used to always repair it using the first open repair method which is tried and true. The second animation is a newer technique which I personally have had fantastic results with and is pushing to the new gold standard. The complete percutaneous technique is falling out of favor due to a higher risk of nerve injury. The second link shows the mini open how most of us do it with a small transverse incision.




Achilles Tendon Rupture Repair with Arthrex® PARS System
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Total layman question here. For the mini open technique, how does the tendon like... stay together? Will the 2 broken pieces mend themselves back together when put in place like that? Did some reading on the mini open technique, hope that's the route he goes.
 
Giddyup5 said:
Here is a link that show animations on the 2 most common ways to repair it. We used to always repair it using the first open repair method which is tried and true. The second animation is a newer technique which I personally have had fantastic results with and is pushing to the new gold standard. The complete percutaneous technique is falling out of favor due to a higher risk of nerve injury. The second link shows the mini open how most of us do it with a small transverse incision.




Achilles Tendon Rupture Repair with Arthrex® PARS System
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Very interesting. Does this somehow keep the tendon at the same length it was or does the body take care of that. Someone said it heals thicker.
 
Doctor Hoop said:
I am, it is, and he does. It really depends on how well it heals, and once healed enough how well the strength returns. I’ve got a 32 year old guy who I fixed about 5 months ago who is back running, with no restrictions in the weight room now. That’s what you hope for, and it’s more likely in younger guys. Typically you want that at 6 months. The most important thing is not to push too hard in the first 3 months. The hardest thing to get back is the explosiveness.
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@doctorhoop.Is it possible with an achilles that there was an original minor tear or strain that finally tore through ?
If so, wondering if he originally damaged it in Charleston when he wasn’t let back in the game because of lower leg strain. He also was gimpy at other times the last 3-4 weeks Which the staff monitored.

I would have thought that the medical staff would have already done an MRI previously to see what was going on. Also, if there was a “slight tear” could a doctor determine that an athlete can play on if they didn’t determine it to be serious ?
Ive had both knees surgically repaired and one was a complete tear that had to be repaired soon after the injury while my other knee didn’t have as serious as a tear and I waited over a year to have it repaired and in that time I was able to do physical activity including running and jumping.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Chief00 said:
You obviously have no clue. I haven‘t talked to Coach Hurley about this recent incident but knowing how he handles things to constantly trying to improve, of course he will take a look at this to see if we can do anything better in the future. The nature of your personality turns to looking at this as a blame game. In all due respect, that’s not how smart people react, but they most definitely look and say is there anything we can do to reduce the risk of this in the future, especially early in games. There is a reason many good programs have comprehensive stretching regiments before games. Being a casual fan, I suggest you go to a game an hour or so early, it would be a real eye opener for you to see what certain teams do in this regard.
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I can assure this site that you’ve never had a a meaningful private convo with coach.
 
Chief00 said:
Quite frankly, and this is not a criticism of anyone, we should look at pre game stretching and warmups to see if there is anything we could do better. The fact this happened early in the game, to me, draws attention to this aspect.
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You spent a lot of cycles educating the board in years past that the prior regime spent too much time emphasizing flexibility and not strength. Now we aren’t emphasizing flexibility enough. It’s almost like you set up these “heads you lose, tails I win” scenarios to make yourself appear smrt.

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CTMike said:
You spent a lot of cycles educating the board in years past that the prior regime spent too much time emphasizing flexibility and not strength. Now we aren’t emphasizing flexibility enough. It’s almost like you set up these “heads you lose, tails I win” scenarios to make yourself appear smrt.

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Almost?
 
I am a big fan of both of these young men...and the sorcerer that is putting it all together.
 
Chief00 said:
You obviously have no clue. I haven‘t talked to Coach Hurley about this recent incident but knowing how he handles things to constantly trying to improve, of course he will take a look at this to see if we can do anything better in the future. The nature of your personality turns to looking at this as a blame game. In all due respect, that’s not how smart people react, but they most definitely look and say is there anything we can do to reduce the risk of this in the future, especially early in games. There is a reason many good programs have comprehensive stretching regiments before games. Being a casual fan, I suggest you go to a game an hour or so early, it would be a real eye opener for you to see what certain teams do in this regard.
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Yes, I talked to Sal yesterday and he has devised a new Achilles stretching exercise to go into effect immediately. He has also taken all blame for the incident and promises to do better in the future.

Let us know how your conversation w Coach Hurley goes. We will all be waiting w baited breath.
 
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I don't know why this particular thing bothers me, but it does. The ESPN news article about the injury contains this line...
"The injury occurred during the first minute of Sunday's 64-61 victory after Akok had blocked a shot and was running back down court."
We all saw it. There was no running down court involved. The article even starts with a video that contains the footage of the incident, and clearly shows him react to the injury as he came down from the block, and fall towards the baseline. I don't guess there's any real harm in misrepresenting the facts. I mean it's not going to change the severity of the injury, alter the recovery time or have any effect on the impact the injury will have on our team and Akok's career. But why go to the trouble of inventing something out of whole cloth that is simply wrong?
 
Conndog said:
When I watched the opening tip, I thought he came down a little funny or seemed to limp slightly immediately afterward- but, then I thought it was the other foot & not the one that had Achilles injury. The injury happened so fast at game's beginning, maybe my mind is saying they were connected
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I haven’t seen a replay but I thought he was actually hopping on left foot protecting the right leg right after block. So I agree thought right leg was the issue first. Anyone else see this?
 
RichZ said:
I don't know why this particular thing bothers me, but it does. The ESPN news article about the injury contains this line...
"The injury occurred during the first minute of Sunday's 64-61 victory after Akok had blocked a shot and was running back down court."
We all saw it. There was no running down court involved. The article even starts with a video that contains the footage of the incident, and clearly shows him react to the injury as he came down from the block, and fall towards the baseline. I don't guess there's any real harm in misrepresenting the facts. I mean it's not going to change the severity of the injury, alter the recovery time or have any effect on the impact the injury will have on our team and Akok's career. But why go to the trouble of inventing something out of whole cloth that is simply wrong?
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Definitely tried running back, but they didn't show this angle until halftime:
 
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tcf15 said:
Definitely tried running back, but they didn't show this angle until halftime:
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That replay is hard to watch. His heart wants to keep going but his body won’t allow him. So sad. I pray he comes back better than ever. If anyone has a shot at coming back from this it’s Akok
 
tcf15 said:
Definitely tried running back, but they didn't show this angle until halftime:
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But the injury clearly happened BEFORE that. The article just as clearly claims that he injured it while running back down court.
 
ToolzieFan said:
Polley chimed in on Instagram. These guys really care for one another.

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Akok definitely is loved and respected by the team.
 
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