This is the only good argument against them playing pickleball.
Did Christian Wiggins tear his achilles playing Pickleball?
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If it was just a freak accident I agree but I'm guessing it was already weak before this happened.
Not always but I think generally if something is torn doing something simple, there was weakness somewhere that led to the pressure to break it.
Rupturing a completely healthy Achilles is a lot of force. I don't know what his diagnosis was though so obviously this is conjecture.
Edit: maybe our friendly doctor friend could weigh in? @FriendlySpartan
That's what happened to me, luckily mine was only a partial tear (still thought I tore it from the pain). In short, my ankle immobility caused achilles tendinopathy by restricting dorsiflexion.
Wiggins may have had previous ankle/knee injuries causing stress on that achilles.
My father had a bone spur on his heal that slowly cut it from the inside. Full tear. That's somewhat abnormal I would think.
CycloneErik
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Agree. This is just a google search, but I'm guessing most tears aren't a 'freak accident'. Some could be though, like the Aaron Rodgers injury where his foot was fully flexed with a 300lb man jumping on his back. Haliburton's looked like any other step he'd take 100 times during a game. I ruptured mine about a month ago playing tennis and it wasn't anything abnormal. Just tried to push off to run forward and it popped. I've felt minor strains in that heel before so I suspect it was weakened or slightly damaged over time and was likely going to rupture at some point if I kept playing tennis.
Also, doctors seem to very protective of calf strains for this very reason. I think both Durant and Haliburton were coming off calf strains that they wouldn't normally have played through, putting them both at increased risk of an Achilles failure.
I'm not a doctor though, so take it with a grain of salt.
Didn't Iowa used to limit them to 10lb weights so their basketball players wouldn't injure themselves? Sure looked like by their physiques. Had them practice their choreographed dance moves for YouTube videos instead.
From what I understand, ligament/tendon injuries often aren’t isolated issues. They’re frequently linked to dysfunction or misalignment elsewhere, above or below the injury, which places added stress on the tissue.
"Authorities said, y'know, best leave it ... unsolved, really."
CycloneErik
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Whoever told him "if you can dodge a train, you can dodge a ball" probably shouldn't have.
