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Torn Achilles Tendon

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Torn Achilles Tendon

Torn Achilles Tendon, is a rupture or injury tear of the tendon that connects your calf muscles to your heel bone. If you overstretch your Achilles tendon, it can tear and it mostly occurs in people playing sports like football and rugby.

When your Achilles tendon ruptures, you might hear a pop, followed by an sharp pain at the back of your ankle and lower leg which will immediately make walking painful and difficult.

A Torn Achilles Tendon rupture is an injury tear of the tendon that connects your calf muscles to your heel bone.
A Torn Achilles Tendon rupture is an injury tear of the tendon that connects your calf muscles to your heel bone.

Torn Achilles Tendon

Torn Achilles Tendon, is a rupture or injury tear of the tendon that connects your calf muscles to your heel bone. If you overstretch your Achilles tendon, it can tear and it mostly occurs in people playing sports like football and rugby.

When your Achilles tendon ruptures, you might hear a pop, followed by an sharp pain at the back of your ankle and lower leg which will immediately make walking painful and difficult

Torn Achilles Tendon Signs & Symptoms

Torn Achilles Tendon​ – Signs & Symptoms

Some symptoms of a Torn Achilles Tendon are;

  • Some swelling in your calf
  • The feeling of been kicked in the calf
  • Severe Pain and swelling near the heel
  • Not being able to bend the foot downward when walking
  • Not being able to stand on the toes on the injured leg
  • Popping sound when the injury occurs
Torn Achilles Tendon Diagnosis

Diagnosis

The best way to know if you are suffering from Torn Achilles Tendon or there are no underlying conditions causing the pain, is to Book a free assessment with Sub-4 clinic.

The assessment will help to look at the pain and check if it is Torn Achilles Tendon and decide which is the best way to achieve recovery.

Torn Achilles Tendon – Treatment & Cost

The purpose of a Sub-4 free assessment, is to help explore the pain issue you have and determine what (if anything) can be done to treat your Torn Achilles Tendon. A Biomechanical Assessment level can be discussed as well, depending on the level of pain or discomfort you are suffering.

Torn Achilles Tendon, Pain in the back of your leg

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