The Achilles tendon is the biggest tendon in the human ... In severe situations, immobilization in a cast or boot is a first-line treatment. After the initial pain and swelling has decreased ...

In the largest study of 775 patients, the overall complication rate of surgically treated Achilles tendon ruptures was ... who were placed in a rigid cast for 8 weeks with a group that was placed ...

Achilles tendon problems have been a recurring nightmare ... I left theatre fitted with a back slab - a plaster cast which runs from the back of the knee to the toes, and holds the foot at a ...

The latest was revealed in a social media post saying he had ruptured his left Achilles tendon and had surgery Tuesday — the ...

Tiger Woods is out with another injury. Woods says he ruptured his left Achilles tendon and had surgery Tuesday. He did not offer many details.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods had a less invasive surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon on Tuesday, which will keep him out of the Masters and leaves in question whether he can play in ...

Tiger Woods announced he had a less invasive surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon on Tuesday, yet another injury that would seem likely to keep him out of the Masters and perhaps other major ...