Achilles Tendon Rupture in Professional Athletes.
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Ned Amendola
MD
Professor and Director of Sports Medicine, Duke University
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Achilles tendon rupture remains a challenging injury without a single superior treatment pathway. Drawing on high-profile cases like Aaron Rodgers and Kevin Durant, the discussion highlights that while surgery slightly reduces re-rupture risk, it brings higher complication rates and no clear functional advantage over well-supervised non-operative care. Rehabilitation quality, timing, and preserving tendon length are central to recovery, especially for elite athletes whose demands exceed currently available evidence. Mechanisms of injury appear influenced by modern turf-shoe traction, which may amplify eccentric loads. Overall, return to peak performance depends less on the choice of operative versus non-operative treatment and more on individualized rehab, adequate time for neuromuscular recovery, and better data on elite athletic populations.
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