Abdi Nur tore his post [tibial tendon] when he fell in the Olympics and already has had surgery

Had a buddy that just did is trail running. Snapped tendon. Doc said itll heal naturally

Don't be an idiot. A complete rupture of a tendon won't heal naturally. It has to be sewn back together.

they mentioned on the Coffee Club Podcast that he was hurt badly but didn't say what. probably won't see Abdi back to running until next spring. that's not the kind of injury you want to hurry,

Rojo why would you put "tibial tendon" in (1) brackets, first of all (2) parentheses. Do most people really understand "post" as common nomenclature for "post tibial tendon"

It is Ivy League nomenclature. If you had a superior edumacation, you olwuld understand. As you were.

While y0u never really know from these stories to what degree he "snapped" it (30%, 100%?), this is not something you want and is extremely rare (unless he was getting steroid injections in that area). Only case studies exist.

Post-tib a helluva tendon issue to overcome. My issues with it started with a bad ankle roll years ago where the ATFL on the lateral side had a grade 3 (full thickness tear) sprain. Continued to run on it in the ensuing years, but the damage done to the lateral tendon created instability in the ankle all around and caused the medial tendons to become inflamed as they had to work harder to compensate. Now I'm in the midst of an ~11 month setback. Went through several months of physical therapy, but the constant cycle of increased inflammation in the post-tib has completely derailed my training more than any other injury I've ever had. 100% do not recommend. Good luck to Abdi in his recovery process!

Do you have some really good custom orthotics while dealing with that? Without them, PT may be futile.

I have sustained this injury and without surgical repair and rehab the medial aspect of the ankle will collapse…and to quote Quenton Cassidy / John Parker…you are now a pedestrian runner at best.

To all my fellow post tib injured comrades...

Buy a red workout band like this. Sit down. Put the band around your non-injured foot. Cross your injured leg over your "good" leg and put your injured legs foot against the band. Move your injured foot laterally against the band's resistance. Increase or decrease the distance between your two feet (and the slack in the resistance band) for easier/more difficult reps.

I do this for 2-3 minutes 2-3x a day and it fixes just about everything. I've had my post tibs on both feet surgically re-attached with pins. Starting about 3-4 months post surgery, I would do up to 5min 5x a day. If I don't do these exercises at least every other day, I am unable to run (and it'll hurt to walk).

Seriously, give it a shot.

Wish him well. He was in incredible shape going into Olympics.

A ruptured tendon CAN heal itself. Depends on the severity.

Like the fellow with the theraband except I am able to control mine with calf raises, shoe rotation, and aggressive cross-friction massage (presuming that doesn’t exacerbate pain) to the area and many surrounding tendons.

Tripped on a piece of wire that wrenched mine with an awkward snag (wire caught around both shoes and right foot wrenched left awkwardly). Based on my ability to move/finish that run uncomfortably, and experience with other tendon tears, mine was mild-to-medium tear and not rupture like Nur. Prognosis is probably not great if looking to get back to peak fitness yet I was able to return to mileage (mid-40s) and paces (5:00 - 6:45 generally) directly prior to the injury.

However, with more concerted PT I’m hoping he can get surprisingly close to where he was. I think I only managed a 3-4 week layoff as the rest of my leg issues get worse if I’m out for longer and so I just reramped from there. After some long layoffs in the past, I find only active rest works for recovery.

That’s his 3rd fall in a distance race within a year.
Hes also old. Started college late and broke a bunch of NCAA rules working with Mike Smith to get him enrolled

As I like Sarah Lorge Butler a TON more than teh stupid broken letsrun!

8 weeks total rest postop healing. Non compliance will set you back to day 1.