Dr. Chien provides insight to Aaron Rodgers achilles rupture and recovery.
Dr. Bonnie Chien, an orthopedic surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, spoke with Fox News Digital about the general aspects of an Achilles tear surgery, the rehab process and the timeline for an athlete to return from the injury.
“The idea is that they put stitches…through the Achilles tendon, and then they drill a hole in the heel bone…where the Achilles inserts into the heel bone. And then you… anchor the Achilles within (the) bone,” Chien said of the Achilles procedure…“The way they advertise the implant, is that it can help you potentially speed up your recovery because instead of having tendon to tendon heal to itself, you have an interface between the tendon and the bone at the insertion site,” Chien said. “And typically, tendons heal better against bone.”
