Kobe Bryant's ACHILLES Rupture | Doctor Explains on 10 year Anniversary

Today, 04/12/23 marks the 10 year anniversary of the Late Great Kobe Bryant's Achilles Tendon injury that he suffered against the Golden State Warriors. I am a board certified physician who has been a Kobe fan since I was a kid, this is an homage to Kobe & the #mambamentality - I would not be here without you, Mamba! Rest in Paradise.

0:00 - Kobe's thoughts about the Achilles Injury
1:11 - Intro
1:40 - Achilles Tendon Anatomy
1:56 - Achilles Function
2:24 - 2 Most Common Mechanisms
2:49 - The Biomechanics Explained
3:35 - The 'POP'
4:42 - The Next Step
5:06 - Kobe tries to 'Pull the Tendon Back Down'
5:52 - Pathognomonic Sign
6:18 - Synthesizing Key Learning Points
7:01 - Thompson Test
7:26 - Why Did the Injury Happened?
7:50 - The Birth of 'Load Management'
8:14 - Pray for Bear
8:24 - Forever

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[MEDspiration]

The Mamba Mentality helped me get through medical school, residency & fellowship training. In honor & memoriam of Bean, we've dropped a series called: 'The ANATOMY of a 5-Time Champion.' Each video is 8 minutes and 24 seconds long & breaks down all the injuries Kobe battled through. If you enjoyed this video, highly recommend checking it out, link below:

[MBMD]

jus noticed this video is 8 minutes & 24 seconds in length, coincidence?

[PrimationNation]

Sick video man. Just ruptured my Achilles and looking to learn more. RIP the Black Mamba and Mambasita

[AwesomeG]

kobe was such a great basketball player, he was about to get triple teamed with torn achilles

[BigMike_RTTV]

1:31 Oh my goodness you can see it pop!!! 😱

[wowthatsinteresting]

I wish you touch on the the high ankle sprain injury that he suffered from the hawks game when Dahanty Jones slide under his landing spot. And Kobe didn’t recover enough from that injury and was playing 40 plus minutes a game caused this. He was burning his feet out cause he wanted to get the playoffs so bad during that year cause everything was going left with Nash & Dwight being injured as well. Team wasn’t playing well either .

[SupremeTeamGaming]

Just torn my Achilles playin hoop doing a push off off my jump shot when landed. Soon as it snapped I knew it was over. I just landed a city job too now that had been put to hold. I gotta keep this mentality and stay healthy

[guitarwalljams]

Great video even though it gives me PTSD from tearing mine!

[SocialStudiess]

Anyone else come here after seeing that Phillips (Miami Dolphins) guy go out with this injury on HardKnocks🤷🏾‍♂️

P.S
If your reading this comment before the video. WATCH this video. This is the best explained and not boring one on YouTube #FACTS

[darkpassenger]

Yup. He asked Barnes if he kicked his leg. For me I thought someone threw a ball from downcourt and it hit my foot from behind.

[YounginBallin]

Any workouts to prevent? Or ways to land?

[matta]

Sheesh i had that pop and i cannot whatch the whole video 😅 it brings me back bad memories

[haicedherexcarlflores-xfiv]

GOOD EXPLANATION DOC! very nice vid and vary informative 👏👏👏

[ADVENTURESwithHAYES]

Just tore my Achilles a week ago and scheduled for surgery this Tuesday. Someone came down on my ankle while hoopin!

This video gave me motivation for the comeback! #ADVENTURESwithHAYES

[DLT]

So cool. I wish we can hear Harrison Barnes side of the story of this incident. When Kobe asked him. In what demeanor? What he was feeling? With all these bball pros creating podcasts I see the possibility

[midknight_]

had mine last January had the same mechanism, move, everything. while im not looking to be back on the court in the near future because of school stuff, would there be something i could have done to have prevented this injury? thanks in advance

[johnlies]

Very good video. I just ruptured mine 3 months ago. Was hoping to see some talk about how successful he was after healing from this injury. Don't remember exactly but maybe he was never the same but I'm not looking to play in the NBA.

[cmann]

@MEDspiration will it heal without surgery?

[philtheair]

Had surgery today! Any Tipps for a speedy and full recovery?

[incomingfrag]

Very interesting, I just tore my achilles tendon playing basketball the same way he did and now im doing research on other athletes and how to get better before my surgery. Thanks for the info!