n the past month, NFL players Richard Sherman, Jordan Hicks, D’Onta Foreman and Alex Okafor all ruptured their achilles tendons!
Mr. Sherman had his achilles tendon surgery performed this past week under the hands of superstar surgeon Dr. Robert Anderson, and posted a recovery video soon thereafter:
Surgery is done! Watch the video to see what my hospital visit was like.
(w/ @PlayersTribune & @SamsungMobileUS) pic.twitter.com/MJN32RWRNT
— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) November 17, 2017
81-years old Senator John McCain has been getting treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer for the past year. Unfortunately, one of the side effects of this chemotherapy and radiation treatment is potential achilles tendon ruptures. Lo and behold Mr. McCain ruptured his achilles tendon this past weekend.
Nevertheless, the tried and tested warrior is as stubborn as ever based on his Twitter post regarding his achilles tear recovery and boot:
I can't tell you how much I hate wearing this boot! https://t.co/W6zClDRpFb pic.twitter.com/x3mDC4n11H
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) November 6, 2017
Ex-Duke quarterback Thomas Sirk ruptured his right achilles tendon in 2013 at age 20, and then ruptured his left achilles tendon in 2016.
Last week, it was announced that the now 23 year old is attempting a return to playing football again via becoming East Carolina’s next starting quarterback.
According to Kevin Youngs, the owner of Youngs Physical Therapy when asked about Sirk’s chances:
You hear so many times after the rehab process, after all the physical therapy that they’ve had, that they come back even stronger than before because we dial in on all those other muscles.