extracorporeal shock wave therapy And Achilles ruptures
This is to hard to believe, but 3 months after my ATR July 17th, 2011) my wife has just ruptured hers! Besides being hard to believe and crazy weird, we are really trying to understand if there is some common element that lead to the ruptures.
She plays tennis as do I, so very likely this is the reason BUT she is not that explosive and was very warm up and well stretched. We both had sore Achilles treated by the ESWT 2-4 months prior to the tears. I know there is a relationship between Cipro and other fluoroquinoloneas (we did not take any) has anyone ever heard of a relationship between ESWT and ATR’S?
Thanks
Has anyone ever heard of a relationship between ESWT and ATR?
I know there is an antibiotic that
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I’d also be asking: why were you both needing ESWT? Why did you both have sore Achilles? Is there some common root cause (besides tennis) going even farther back?
RB
That is what we are trying to figure out.
It is very strange for husband and wife to have ATR in the same short period. My belief is Tennis most likely. Mine was from 10 years of over use and hers was likely from tennis, Running the hills where we live etc.
We both did ESWT as an attempt to cure the Achillies tendonitis we had developed as other methods had not worked.
What i find most interesting is her tear occurred within 2 months of the ESWT. Makes me wonder if it weakens the tendon signoficanlty. Nothing on the web indicating this BUT…..
i also had ESWT on both of my feet and have now ruptured both of my achilles tendons. i also wonder if the ESWT has contributed to my ruptures.
I had read a case study that O+ blood types were more prone then others.