Celtics legend Paul Pierce has seen other NBA players overcome Achilles injuries, and he's confident that Jayson Tatum will do the same.

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum is recovering from an Achilles tendon rupture. The injury happened in May 2025. He had surgery and is now in rehab si ...

Kevin Durant suffered an Achilles rupture during the 2019 NBA Finals. He missed the entire 2019-20 season but returned in late 2020, about 18 months after, and has returned to his All-NBA form.

Two thirds of runners complain they suffer from Achilles tendon pain. Lauren Gowland reviews the best ways to treat it Achilles tendon injuries afflict runners about 10 times more frequently than ...

It’s hard to miss a rupture or break of the Achilles tendon (TA). You’ll feel an acute pain, possibly hear a noise as loud as a gunshot, feel faint and a little clammy and find that you cannot ...

Achilles tendon injuries have become all-too-familiar headlines in professional sports, and this NBA season saw more than its usual share.

Smith is recovering from an Achilles tear that ended his season prematurely in December. He tells Chiang that he has already been involved in some contact work and hopes to be cleared soon for five-on ...

Achilles tendon disorders including tendinopathy and rupture frequently cause pain and disability in athletes and non-athletic individuals. 1 These injuries are difficult to treat, require prolonged ...

They attribute the increase in Achilles injuries to many factors from low-cut shoes to longer seasons to Fluoroquinolone, a class of antibiotics both acknowledge has been tied to ruptured tendons.

Four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers will miss the rest of the season after tearing his Achilles tendon in his first league game for the New York Jets. Having joined the Jets after a glittering 18-year ...

Makes sense. I ask because we take it as a given that there is a physical decline (from an Achilles rupture) but we don't really have a sense of what that really means.