Two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer had a tear in his Achilles tendon last year that kept him out for three months. Dr. Charlton Stucken of the Hospital for Special Surgery in West Palm ...

Tiger Woods is out of the Masters and probably for the rest of 2025 after surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon. Will the 49-year-old ever return?

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Forbes, citing a study published in the Orthopedics Journal of Sports Medicine, reported this week the average number of Achilles tendon tears among NBA players per season from 1990 to 2023 was only 1 ...

A handful of NBA stars in the past have suffered Achilles tendon tears in this 30-40 age range, such as Kobe Bryant at age 34, Dominique Wilkins at age 32 and Isiah Thomas at age 32.

"The Achilles tendon is the largest and strongest tendon in the body," Soslowsky said. "It withstands very high loads, could be 3-6 times body weight just by walking around or jogging.

He also cited the left Achilles tendon in withdrawing from The Players Championship in 2011, when he was out for two months. Woods badly damaged his right leg and ankle in a February 2021 car ...

An injury to his left Achilles tendon from hitting a shot off an awkward lie at the Masters. Six back surgeries, the most significant to fuse his lower back in 2017.