It's not just athletes who get Achilles tendon pain, but exercising is the answer
- Written by Sean Docking, Post-doctoral researcher, La Trobe University
Basketball fans around the world were recently sickened by the footage of NBA star Kevin Durant’s Achilles tendon rupturing during a game.
But while many think it’s only elite athletes who suffer from Achilles tendon issues, a fifth of the over-50 population actually suffers from Achilles tendinopathy (pain). And while very few of...
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