Compare a healthy achilles tendon with an abnormal (partially torn) achilles

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Institute of Human Anatomy

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The way scar tissue and adhesion forms across the body is so interesting!

cannabych

Just hearing about Achilles tendon ruptures sounds bad, but seeing one in the flesh looks even worse.

aamirrazak

My lab partner in physiology was skim boarding and got hit in the Achilles by another skim board and it sliced right through his tendon. I’ve never looked at Achilles the same way

Sealegs

Quick suggestion if it’s possible, can you start off the short from a wide angle shot where it shows multiple body parts so we get a better idea of where the muscle you’re talking about is located on the body. A lot of people that watch these clips don’t know the muscles by their names so its hard to pinpoint what part of the body it is at. Thanks and thanks for the cool videos.

goddioscuri

That’s probably how my rotator cuffs look like. Nice to know I’m super scrunched and goopy.

cooldrinkofwaterr

My niece had to have surgery on both of hers. She has Lupus and has been through so much. She was bedridden for a long period of time. ❤❤

barbarakelly

Nice! I dread to think what mine looks like! Total Type III rupture of L.achilles, with accompanying loud snap, all very, very painful! Palpable lesion showing tendinous gap of 5cm, positive Thompson's calf squeeze, no active plantar flexion of ankle, increased passive dorsiflexion, impossible to heel raise let alone walk. Next day surgical repair under epidural, and I elected to do it myself on the kitchen table, with the Spanish maid helping out. L. Ipsilateral semitendinosus tendon was first harvested, and with ankle in maximal plantar flexion and tendon under traction, it was passed (woven) through the proximal stump of the Achilles tendon, medial to lateral then through a transverse tenotomy into the distal stump. With the ankle fixed in maximal plantar flexion, the semitendinosus tendon was sutured firmly to the Achilles tendon. Full leg cast in 30° plantar flexion, progressively stretching over what seemed months! These days, the adjustable plastic 'boot' is far more convenient. As an aside, the rupture and repair occurred abroad, and although I boarded the aircraft to return home, I was prevented from using an economy aisle seat as my leg might stick out. Sure, understandable, don't want to block the aisle, or get in the way during an emergency evacuation. So because I was wearing a plaster cast, I snapped it at the knee over the seat armrest, crack, then sat obediently with both of my knees tight against the tray table. Thence to the programmed physiotherapy cycle, gradual stretching but.... all in horrific pain - multiple scar adhesions, loss of sensation on outer left foot, and later on, infection. Sural nerve entrapment in the stitching and internal scarring made healing difficult and after 6 months...snap, owww!!! Re-rupture, another gap resulted, + 6 cm, thus all back to square one. Surgery revealed a total failure of ipsilateralis semitendinosus graft (it had 'unravelled, ' probably at an early stage of rehab., despite gradual plantar flexion of the ankle.) Straight end to end suture this time, using military grade waxed laces from recycled combat boots. All of that was 25 years ago, at age 30, and recovery was very slow. Still have little sensation on side of foot, plenty of scar adhesions, the skin covering calcaneus very thin and friable, making wearing shoes and boots difficult; permanent loss of gastrocnemious and other thigh muscle mass resulted in a slight limp. All of which complicated things for me being a military officer, especially during combat ops in the Gulf, Bosnia, Iraq etc, when I had a propensity to develop deep ulcers on the ouch! Internally, my left leg is probably still a bit of a mess, no doubt akin to the contents of a knitting basket into which someone has repeatedly spat their chewing gum, then played around with by a mischievous kitten. So, should I leave my left leg to medical science when I no longer need it? 🤔 😄

federicoprice

Thank You BOSS ! It's very knowledgeable information for us.

SKG

OUCH that wold have been very painful.

maryruthrichardson

Ok!! I have a random question. When a C-Section is performed are the intestines “removed” and put in a bowl, only to be put back later? I had an uncle who said during his wife’s C-Section he looked over the drape and saw his wife’s intestines in a bowl beside her and I have also seen people online say this…but all of my anatomical knowledge says that wouldn’t happen.

mad

Slow, controlled, pain free movement for soft tissue damage is what my doctor told me.

GajanaNigade

😭 can we fix that?? I tore my calf, which contributed to full Achilles rupture (surgeon said it was hanging by a literal thread), and then I tore it 6 more times after surgery. I suspect the surgery shortened it and was a little sloppy, just based on lumps visible on the surface. I used to be a very active athletic person and it’s basically ruined my life. I haven’t re torn it in a few years but I also don’t do any of the things I love the most anymore. I’ve had 3 prp-stem cell procedures and 7 rounds of pt. The last one I paid out of pocket $3.5K for because they are a functional-unconventional clinic and don’t work with insurance. They were much better than the others but I’m still not back to where I was.

ava.artemis