Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum is among the top athletes recently plagued by Achilles injuries. Here, he's assisted off the court in May during the NBA playoffs. - Elsa/Getty Images In the middle ...

(CNN) — In the middle of an intense workout, Kristina Lazzaro stepped back and heard a sound like a cork coming out of a bottle of champagne. (CNN) — In the middle of an intense workout, Kristina ...

(CNN) — In the middle of an intense workout, Kristina Lazzaro stepped back and heard a sound like a cork coming out of a bottle of champagne. The 35-year-old Buffalo, New York, resident was doing a ...

Lazzaro later learned she had ruptured her Achilles tendon — a part of the body named after a famous character of Greek legend. It’s a brutal injury with recovery time that can last up to a year. She ...