Hiten was launched on January 24, 1990 from the Kagoshima Space Center (KSC) of ISAS, aiming mainly at the lunar swing-by experiment.
That takes tension off the tendon, reduces pain levels, and allows you to heal faster. Imagine if you could do that in just a few minutes every day while you're recovering. Imagine that you could have a full recovery in 6-8 weeks, instead of a less-than-full recovery in 8-12 months.
This is called a nerve block. Patients are then put to sleep and placed in a position that allows the surgeon access to the ruptured tendon. Repair of an acute rupture often takes somewhere between 30 minutes and one hour. Repair of a chronic rupture can take longer depending on the steps needed to fix the tendon. How will my foot and ankle orthopaedic surgeon repair the rupture? There are a variety of ways to repair an Achilles tendon rupture.