I tore mine out of the muscle, it was actually better than snapping it in the middle or from the bottom, the doc said the muscle just ripped out of the calf. it felt like someone hit me with a bat, weird thing was I wasnt planting, I was winding it out chasing a running back and right as I caught up to him it just went. it swelled up immediately and the first doc said it was just a really bad strain, the orthopedist then determined it was a 90% tear where the tendon seats into the muscle. good blood flow there and my buddy has a hyperbaric chamber still,it took 4 months of rest, then 4 months of rehab before i was comfortable enough to really play. I did start a game 4 months later in our national championship but I only played a half before realising i just made it worse lol had only 2 tackles and a coverage sack. thankfully the team we played had an oline that was more concerned with beating up on us than blocking us and we won lol. that game probably extended my rehab by about 6 months but how many national championships does a guy get to play in?
kemo tore his at the heel, way worse no blood flow means poor healing.
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