Tarik Cohen potentially tears Achilles while live streaming workout

[North Buffalo]

Yup did both partial in my twenties playing volleyball on cold sand... finally had then checked Doc said feel those knots yeh do stretches on stairs toes on stairs up and down with negatives... havent bothered me since.

[without a drought]

16 hours ago, RocCityRoller said:

I hope that pop wasn't from his body 🤢

When I tore up my knee, I thought the sound was just in my head because it was my body, but my brother in law still gets the chills thinking about it. He was probably 20-25 feet away from me at the time.

[Bubba Gump]

That poor bastard. He knew immediately he was screwed. That sounded brutal. I remember when I worked for UPS I was leaning against the dock with my chest area. I had a plastic pen in my chest pocket. I reached for a heavy package under the belt which pulled me up against the dock pretty hard. I heard what sounded like a pencil snap. Thought it was my pen at first. Nope, was a rib. I heard it and felt it snap. Was a gross feeling. 

[In Summary]

22 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I had bad Achilles problems a few years ago from playing bball, and worries about the same thing. The ortho I saw basically said like 90% of tears are men between 40-50 who are weekend warrior athletes. That pretty much was me. 
 

I ended up doing tons of stretching to prevent against a risk of a tear. I now stretch my Achilles for like 30 minutes every night, and then before I play hoops in the mornings and then after. Makes a huge difference.

Smart.  Achilles have an outer sheath over the inner section.  If you get a lump on the outer part from overuse, heed the warning and back off.  Also the number of jobs where people sit wreak havoc on the hamstrings, calves, and Achilles.  Achilles heal slowly with no regular blood supply.  Painful watching that video.

[John from Riverside]

11 hours ago, Snappysnackcakes said:

Lighten up Frances…

Oh this is gonna and well

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

21 hours ago, Snappysnackcakes said:

I heard the pop but also heard Wet A** Pu**Y playing as his soundtrack. I can’t believe we’re dealing with a mental giant here, one who’s ensuring he’s properly stretched and prepared for such a workout. Sorry. 

You’re off to a great start … only took eight posts to annoy everyone 

21 hours ago, Snappysnackcakes said:

I heard the pop but also heard Wet A** Pu**Y playing as his soundtrack. I can’t believe we’re dealing with a mental giant here, one who’s ensuring he’s properly stretched and prepared for such a workout. Sorry. 

You’re off to a great start … only took eight posts to annoy everyone 

[PrimeTime101]

On 5/17/2022 at 6:23 PM, TBBills said:

Call it a hunch, but I don't think he will be picked up.

well someone had to pick him up and get to the hospital? 

 

I know what you meant. lol.. i feel bad for the dude.

[Big Turk]

That really sucks...dude has been through so much and has kept a good attitude for the most part and worked hard to get back into shape.  Now he has another whole year of rehab and his NFL career is definitely in doubt seeing as it will be nearly 3 years since he last played once he is ready to take the field as long as there are no more setbacks.

[Richard Noggin]

On 5/17/2022 at 6:25 PM, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I had bad Achilles problems a few years ago from playing bball, and worries about the same thing. The ortho I saw basically said like 90% of tears are men between 40-50 who are weekend warrior athletes. That pretty much was me. 
 

I ended up doing tons of stretching to prevent against a risk of a tear. I now stretch my Achilles for like 30 minutes every night, and then before I play hoops in the mornings and then after. Makes a huge difference.

 

I've heard professional athletes, namely Takeo Spikes, admit that he knew it was coming. Was battling through the precursors, kept pushing, and then *pop*...

 

Every time I get back into training, especially running, I have to navigate achilles and calf tightness/soreness/straining for a few weeks. Started in my senior year of high school after soccer season ended; I stopped continuously (and properly) training for much of the winter and then experienced enough setbacks at the beginning of track season (with coaches who simply didn't want to hear it) that I just walked (or limped) away from the team. 

 

Then in college I took up rugby, and despite loving it, was hindered enough by lower leg strains that I couldn't finish that season either. This was 25 years ago.

 

First 5k I trained for had me convinced I'd pop an achilles during the first few weeks of running. But at that point, in my 30s, I had the wherewithal to slow down, take precautions, and push through. Some years later I ran a fairly solid Boilermaker 15k (for an almost-40 yr old, 200+ lb guy who really isn't built for endurance sports). 

 

But then I had a kid, started working way too much, and now I'm petrified of running. Seems inevitable that I'll feel that dreaded *pop* someday.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

8 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:

 

I've heard professional athletes, namely Takeo Spikes, admit that he knew it was coming. Was battling through the precursors, kept pushing, and then *pop*...

 

Every time I get back into training, especially running, I have to navigate achilles and calf tightness/soreness/straining for a few weeks. Started in my senior year of high school after soccer season ended; I stopped continuously (and properly) training for much of the winter and then experienced enough setbacks at the beginning of track season (with coaches who simply didn't want to hear it) that I just walked (or limped) away from the team. 

 

Then in college I took up rugby, and despite loving it, was hindered enough by lower leg strains that I couldn't finish that season either. This was 25 years ago.

 

First 5k I trained for had me convinced I'd pop an achilles during the first few weeks of running. But at that point, in my 30s, I had the wherewithal to slow down, take precautions, and push through. Some years later I ran a fairly solid Boilermaker 15k (for an almost-40 yr old, 200+ lb guy who really isn't built for endurance sports). 

 

But then I had a kid, started working way too much, and now I'm petrified of running. Seems inevitable that I'll feel that dreaded *pop* someday.

i hear you. When my issues were popping up, I would play through the pain. Then, I just realized it wasn’t worth the risk and shut everything down for a while to get better.

 

I also made the decision that I can’t overuse my Achilles. So, I cut out all running and really any exercise I didn’t enjoy, and I also cut back on how much bball I played. My issues started happening when I thought I was Superman and would play a rec league game at night and then pickup ball the next morning. So no more of that. 
 

The other thing I do is basically wear these Achilles braces any time I am doing any sort of running or even hiking. 

[Mr. WEO]

that Achilles couldn't bear all that weight....

[3rdnlng]

15 hours ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

You’re off to a great start … only took eight posts to annoy everyone 

You’re off to a great start … only took eight posts to annoy everyone 

You can say that again.

[PrimeTime101]

On 5/18/2022 at 8:19 AM, Snappysnackcakes said:

Lighten up Frances…

 

[BarleyNY]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33933533/former-bears-rb-tarik-cohen-injured-live-streamed-workout?platform=amp

 

Unsurprisingly the Achilles tear is confirmed. 

[Richard Noggin]

14 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

i hear you. When my issues were popping up, I would play through the pain. Then, I just realized it wasn’t worth the risk and shut everything down for a while to get better.

 

I also made the decision that I can’t overuse my Achilles. So, I cut out all running and really any exercise I didn’t enjoy, and I also cut back on how much bball I played. My issues started happening when I thought I was Superman and would play a rec league game at night and then pickup ball the next morning. So no more of that. 
 

The other thing I do is basically wear these Achilles braces any time I am doing any sort of running or even hiking. 

 

Achilles running braces? 👀

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

23 minutes ago, Richard Noggin said:

 

Achilles running braces? 👀

this is what I wear:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Fasciitis-Swelling-Achilles-Compression-Effective/dp/B075Q9LY9S/ref=mp_s_a_1_20?crid=2GK5CURQDLGHI&keywords=achilles+brace&qid=1653018817&sprefix=achilles+brace%2Caps%2C61&sr=8-20

 

[MJS]

On 5/18/2022 at 10:08 PM, Richard Noggin said:

 

I've heard professional athletes, namely Takeo Spikes, admit that he knew it was coming. Was battling through the precursors, kept pushing, and then *pop*...

 

Every time I get back into training, especially running, I have to navigate achilles and calf tightness/soreness/straining for a few weeks. Started in my senior year of high school after soccer season ended; I stopped continuously (and properly) training for much of the winter and then experienced enough setbacks at the beginning of track season (with coaches who simply didn't want to hear it) that I just walked (or limped) away from the team. 

 

Then in college I took up rugby, and despite loving it, was hindered enough by lower leg strains that I couldn't finish that season either. This was 25 years ago.

 

First 5k I trained for had me convinced I'd pop an achilles during the first few weeks of running. But at that point, in my 30s, I had the wherewithal to slow down, take precautions, and push through. Some years later I ran a fairly solid Boilermaker 15k (for an almost-40 yr old, 200+ lb guy who really isn't built for endurance sports). 

 

But then I had a kid, started working way too much, and now I'm petrified of running. Seems inevitable that I'll feel that dreaded *pop* someday.

Wow, that sounds really stressful. I feel like I'm really lucky because I've never had to deal with any achilles issues. I played a ton of sports all growing up. Now I only get to play occasionally.

 

I have dealt with my fair share of ankle injuries, though. When I was doing high jump in high school I would always get really bad shin splints. But I'd take those issues any day over achilles issues.