Thompson test for Achilles tendon rupture - Doctor Explained

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[faithnicole]

My father ruptured his Achilles tendon. My god, I will never forget that day. He was playing basketball with friends, it was almost 100° out. He jumped to make the shot, and when he came down..😮 the sounds he made were something I never want to hear again. His Achilles tendon, as described to us, was nothing more than spaghetti. It was shredded/torn, whatever wording you'd like to use, he went for surgery and was all better.
. To see this Dr squeeze this person's leg.. I hope they are under anesthesia because if not, 😮😮😮

[veannegilchrist]

I’m an orthopaedic nurse and I didn’t know that ❗️

[tracywjones]

I learned about t his test the hard way. I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and while walking had 100% rupture of my Achilles tendon. My background is medical and despite the pain I thought it was a very cool thing to witness and learn. Crazy I know! 🤷‍♀️

[hannahdubois]

My feet move normally but they both don’t react to this test

[kyomikyun]

Whoa! I'm bored so I'll just give a story

Uhh so to start this off, a couple weeks ago the back of my foot hurted, I thought it would go away!! Uh another week after still hurts, barely could walk without limping... Uhh then I decided to feel the back of each of my feet, and my left foot(the hurt one) felt weird af.. Now to this week the pain is getting worse, and I haven't went to the hospital(I think it's gonna go away on its own)

[OS_GODFATHER]

I've fractured so many bones and torn so much shit I dont know how many serious injuries I've had that have gone unchecked

[ShadeThermal]

Sometimes the bone going from my ankle to the pointer toe hurts do you know why

[jezekids]

I have a question does your foot have to look like the normal one shape wise? Because mine does not

[kris]

I have a big bump on my acheills tendon never heard of this hmmm

[kylieadkins]

Worst surgery I had!! The first doctor screwed up the surgery, and I ended up with 3 surgeries on my Achilles tendon!!