What are symptoms of an Achilles tendon tear....or other injury?

ok i hurt my achilles tendont....but how would i know if there is a partial tear? or pulled it? or anything else. I cant put any weight on it and it hurts to move in all directions ....main point of pain is about an inch or two abouve the heal. i was hit by a car and twisted then landed on it....as of right now my doctor has me on a crutches and in a boot because i need an mri.....please help

You know by listening to your doctor. The MRI should tell him everything he needs to know.

wow that must hurt it probably was torn...tip look both ways before crossing the street

What do you want help with? Get the MRI and then you'll know if there is a tear..partial or not.

Nothing anyone HERE can do for you.

For a tendon rupture, the area of the rupture is often swollen, tender, bruised (ecchymotic), and may actually have a palpable gap in the tendon. X-rays, although they do not show the tendon reliably, do show the calcaneus. When doing the x-ray, the physician is checking to see if the bone to which the Achilles tendon attached (calcaneus) has been injured. In some cases, the tendon will not tear; but instead, it will literally pull a piece of calcaneal bone off of the rest of the calcaneus. Although this is repairable, the technique is different then merely sewing the two ends of a ruptured tendon together. If the tendon has not ruptured, then the patient may have sustained only a pulling injury to the tendon. This type of injury results in a stretch injury to the tendon which is called tendonitis. Although this often heals without surgery, until completely healed, the tendon is structurally weaker then normal and is at an increased risk for tearing with continued athletic activity or additional injury producing situations. The most reliable diagnostic study for a suspected rupture of the Achilles' tendon is the Thompson test. This is a test performed during the physical exam. When then test is abnormal, the probability of a ruptured tendon being present is extremely high.

you would know if it's torn. my dad tore his about 5 years ago, and was told that the pain is the equivalent of giving birth. it's probably pulled or strained, not torn.

Do this simple test. Lie on your stomach and extend your feet beyond the edge of the bed. Get someone to squeeze your calf muscles and observe your foot. An intact Achilles tendon will enable your foot to move upward. If it is completely torn, there won't be any movement in your foot no matter how hard you squeeze. If partially ruptured, the movement would not be as vigorous as the uninjured extremity. Did your doc do this? This is an essential examination for torn TAs before doing MRIs.