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Calf Injury

December 1st, 2011 · 22 Comments

While playing our weekly Wed night basketball, I injured my calf muscle in the same leg where I had previously ruptured my Achilles.  I wasn’t moving very fast, and the motion was similar to how I ruptured my Achilles.  I was moving slowly backwards and then shifted my momentum forward.  I then heard and felt [...]

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Site is back up!

January 27th, 2011 · 23 Comments

My apologies for such a long delay in getting the site back up, but there have been some technical issues with the upgrade. At this point, I think I am happy that we now have a new server that is more powerful up and running. I have postponed part of the software upgrade [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving + Black Friday

November 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you had a wonderful day full of delicious food, surrounded by family and friends.
Although this has nothing to do with Achilles, here’s a NYTimes article that I found interesting. Enjoy! (Don’t pay too much attention to the first couple of pages, but the last page is gold!)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/25/garden/25clean.html?pagewanted=1&ref=realestate [...]

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Long overdue update

November 6th, 2010 · 8 Comments

Hello everyone! Although I check AchillesBlog just about every day, it’s been a while since I last posted. So here’s my long overdue update.
I am happy to say that my recovering Achilles has been doing well. When I am running or playing basketball, I don’t really think about my left [...]

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2 year anniversary passed by without a whimper.

February 23rd, 2010 · 23 Comments

I can’t believe that I passed my 2nd year ATR anniversary without even noticing. I ruptured my left Achilles playing basketball Feb 8th 2008, and I let Feb 8th 2010 slip by without any mention of my ATR to anyone.
Doc Ross, thanks for writing about your 2nd year anniversary! That led me [...]

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