Achilles Tendon

Matt Mack

Mrs. Wright

Research Paper

Nov. 7 2003

Health Matt Mack

Nov.7 2003 Mrs. Wright per.7

Achilles Tendon

The Achilles tendon is a very important tendon to help you with your range of motion of your ankle. There is a plethora of things that may cause your Achilles tendon to tear, pull, or strain. The name for the tendon comes from an old Greek Myth.

According the Greeks, Achilles was extremely vulnerable at his hell of the foot. It is said that Achilles past the trait of vulnerable ankles down to all other humans (Achilles Tendon Injuries).

The Achilles tendon is the one that runs from your calf muscle at the back of your leg and into an insert in the back at your heel. When the muscle, known as the gastrocnemius muscle, flexes the tendon moves (Your Orthopedic Connection). As the muscle shortens, the tendon moves to point the foot in a downward place. This is the motion that allows a person to stand on one's toe, run and walk normally. Also this allows them to walk up and down stairs. The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in a person's bodies Achilles tendon injuries). The tendon can hold up too and withstand forces one thousand pound and even more. On the other side it is the most frequently injured or ruptured tendon in the body. All sorts of athletes can suffer from Achilles tendentious. Tendentious means that it was an overuse of the tendon. This is most common in older athletes who play recreationally. It occurs a lot in people that have had a history in tendentious. But a majority of the time it happens on a sudden movement like a rapid push on your toes and eve a stretch of the foot getting pushed upward.

A ruptured Achilles tendon can have a plethora of symptoms....