Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
How I first found out about it was about a year and a half ago studying for the US Medical Boards. It was a board question, evidently it was given
enough weight to be put on the exam questions. It is a well documented connection. Do your research. Yes there are other reasons, such as extreme
athletic activity but I don't think Bacquito has been playing strenuous sports. In the absence of heavy exercise or activity, it is plausible and
proven by studies. It is not my idea that I came up with. Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
I ruptured my achilles tendon at the age of 30 while playing pickup basketball. Just a pop and not really that much pain or swelling.
Went to Kaiser and was told that no surgery was necessary, the two ends were close together and would heal together on their own, they said. Then went
to Dr Dillingham, later team physician for 49ers, who asked me if I wanted to lead the active life that I had led up til then - basketball,
volleyball, etc. If you do then he advised surgery.
I followed his advice and less than 6 months later it was as though nothing had ever happened. No limp. Able to quickly accelerate and cut side to
side. It's been forty years and have never had an issue with it again.
The torn ACL was another matter.
The cipro/achilles_rupture connection seems suspect to me. | |