For a long time, a ruptured Achilles tendon has meant the end of a career for top athletes, said Dr. Martin O'Malley, an orthopedic surgeon at Tatum. This usually means spending weeks in a full-leg cast, after which “leg muscles will shrink severely and it will be difficult for players to recover,” O'Malley said.
But with the advancement of surgical and rehabilitation techniques, the situation has improved greatly. He took Kevin Durant's comeback after a ruptured Achilles tendon in 2019 as an example. O'Malley told Tatum that by working hard to rehabilitate, he could "become Jason Tatum again."
The first few days after the operation, Tatum had a very severe pain. He tried to take prescription painkillers, but he stopped because of "nausea". O'Malley recommends using a new non-opioid painkiller, Journavx, which was approved earlier this year by the FDA (FDA) that won't "blunt your brain" and "no risk of addiction." This allowed Tatum (who later became the spokesperson for the drug manufacturer Vertex Pharmaceuticals) to quickly start high-intensity rehabilitation training—three hours of physical therapy and gym workouts a day.
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