Aaron Rodgers may face a tough road, but there is precedent across sports of older athletes making it back after tearing their Achilles.
"There is low to very low evidence in the literature that previous muscle injury is a risk factor for Achilles tendon ruptures," DeLuca said."Anecdotally, I had two players that had calf strains, rehabbed for six weeks and had an MRI which showed a completely healed strain, who ruptured their Achilles their first game back. We hear these stories, but the literature just doesn't support this observation.
KOBE BRYANT: The Basketball Hall of Famer tore his Achilles on April 12, 2013, had surgery the next day and returned to the court with theon Dec. 8, 2013, at age 35. Bryant played only six games before a knee injury forced him to miss the rest of the season. He averaged 22.3 points in only 35 games in 2014-15 and 17.6 points per game in 66 games in his last season in 2015-16.
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