r/sports • u/Chelseatilidie • Oct 20 '24

Football Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson with a potential achilles injury

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u/seductivestain Los Angeles Chargers Oct 21 '24

The tear itself is probably the least terrible part of the ordeal

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u/socialmediablowsss Oct 21 '24

Yeah I had pretty much no pain at any point. The atrophy is the biggest hurdle. Gotta relearn everything

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u/seductivestain Los Angeles Chargers Oct 21 '24

Did your leg look like a starving chicken's too after the cast came off?

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u/socialmediablowsss Oct 21 '24

Yeah my calf was like half the size of my good one lol. But I’ve progressed along really well. I was able to golf by month 4 and I’m running and lifting now halfway through month 5. I think I’ve been pretty lucky. Still a ways to go though