Learning Objectives:

Apply appropriate acute on-field management principles for a suspected lower extremity tendon rupture Assess a patient's mechanism of injury and presentation to differentiate between injuries as patellar tendon rupture and ACL rupture Correlate a history of chronic tendinopathy with the potential for acute, more severe tendon injury Develop strategies for the recognition and long-term management of chronic overuse injuries to prevent catastrophic outcomes

Keywords: Tendinopathy, rehabilitation, surgery