The day after

I slept pretty good the night of injury, and wasn’t in too much pain when I woke up.  I called my doctor hoping they can just refer me to a specialist without me actually going in.  Yeah right.  They said I had to come in for an actual appointment.  So a couple hours later, I [...]

Emergency Room

So once I get to the emergency room the nurse asked me some insurance questions and gave me a shot, which was supposed to ease the pain.  The shot really did nothing for me.  A couple of minutes later a doctor came over to perform what I now know as the Thompson’s Test.  All I [...]

In the beginning

I ruptured my Achilles tendon on April 16th, 2008 playing basketball.  The funny thing is, I actually called myself taking it easy that day.  I was only going to play one or two games and then leave before I got too sore.  Now that I think about it, this was probably the reason I stretched [...]

Hi. My name is…

Darius Morris and I have ruptured my Achilles tendon.
“POP.  I knew exactly what happened once I heard the infamous ‘pop’ echo throughout my entire body.  I immediately looked to my right, then my left, to see who in the heck stepped on the back of my left heel.  For some crazy reason, I thought I [...]