Achilles tendon ruptures can be career-ending injuries for athletes at any level, and when a professional star goes down, the conversation around treatment and recovery ramps up quickly.
After Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum suffered a torn Achilles during Game Four of the Eastern Conference Second Round NBA Playoffs against the New York Knicks, Forbes explored what his road back could look like, spotlighting the Arthrex PARS Achilles Midsubstance SpeedBridge™.
This minimally invasive approach is designed to provide a stronger repair and enable patients to begin rehabilitation and weight bearing earlier.1 It can be considered for any Achilles rupture, and it’s been used for over a decade with tens of thousands of patients globally.
As Kevin Stone, MD, (San Francisco, CA) shared with Forbes:
"We've learned over the last few years that very early motion and rehabilitation accelerate the healing. It doesn't slow down the healing. It doesn't damage the repair. And so the sooner you have the injury, the sooner you have the repair. And then the sooner you start your recovery, physical therapy, in our hands, that's the next day after injury and surgery, the faster you recover and the better you do."
Read the full article in Forbes to learn more about how our innovation is helping set a new standard for Achilles repair, and check out our medical education animation below for a closer look at how the technique is done.
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