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Football

Probatim

(3,071 posts)

5. It could also be his plantaris tendon.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Sep 12, 2023, 10:54 AM

Sep 2023

I snapped mine while playing ultimate frisbee about 10-12 years ago. My fellow players heard it snap and saw me fall to the ground - the noise and my reaction made a few think I got shot.

If it's that, he's in much better shape than a torn achilles. There is no surgery for the plantaris.