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Originally Posted by mikemhg
If you're doing plyo, just know what you're doing, and don't be a damn hero.
I tore my achilles years ago doing 60-inch box jumps and jumping down backwards, repeatedly. After the 5th jump or so, landed, felt something that didn't feel right, ended up getting an ultrasound to confirm the 3mm tear.
That was about 9 years ago and my achilles has never been the same since, once the scar tissue heals you lose the stretch/flexibility which causes further issues in the knee/hip.
If you end up doing box jumps, make sure to step down.
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Anything that could've prevented it?
Trying to do everything I can to protect tears for jumping.
But sometimes a bad jump, I can feel all 200lbs compress my spine lool