What is your 'Achilles heel'?...?

Question

...mine is, apparently, my achilles heel. Having just had it trampled on by a loony horse, it really does seem to be somewhat swollen, sore and quickly turning black!...

Answer 1

Are we talking metaphorically? Bodily?

If it's bodily it's my left knee. I severed my patellar tendon snowboarding when I was 18 and have had 4 reconstructive surgeries since.

Which leads to my second achilles heal...pain pills. The two go hand in hand! And it sucks!

Answer 2

You mean Achilles tendon.

The Achilles tendon is fibrous tissue that connects the heel to the muscles of the lower leg: the calf muscles. Leg muscles are the most powerful muscle group in the body and the Achilles tendon is the thickest and strongest tendon in the body. Contracting the calf muscles pulls the Achilles tendon, which pushes the foot downward. This contraction enables: standing on the toes, walking, running, and jumping. Each Achilles tendon is subject to a person’s entire body weight with each step. Depending upon speed, stride, terrain and additional weight being carried or pushed, each Achilles tendon may be subject to up to 3-12 times a person’s body weight during a sprint or push off.

Answer 3

It is the tendon at the back of your heel. It got its name from mythology. When Achilles was born, his mother (who was a sea nymph, but bore him with a mortal) tried to make him immortal by dipping him into the river Styx. However, when she dipped him in the water, she held him by his heel and this became the one place on his body where he was vulnerable. He went on to become a great warrior, but eventually faced death when he was shot with an arrow through his heel. Many stories, including Homer's Iliad, have been told about the great Achilles and some tell different endings, but you get the basic idea. Anyway it is told, the result of this great story is that for the rest of time, that particular spot on our body will be known as the "Achilles heel."

Answer 4

There is a tendon located in that area named the Achilles Tendon. On occasion it will rupture causing great pain and incapacitation to the person no matter how big or strong he or she is. The term is often used to refer something that will take a person down. The sorted past of a politician could well be his Achilles Heel.

Answer 5

The death of Achilles was not mentioned in Homer's Iliad, but appeared in later Greek and Roman poetry and drama concerning events after the Iliad, later in the Trojan War. Here and in the myths surrounding the war, Achilles died from a heel wound as the result of a poisoned arrow fired by Paris

Answer 6

The Achilles tendon is the strongest tendon in the body, attaching your calf muscles to your the foot. Typically, it is injured because of overuse or strain rather than direct impact.

The term achilles heel refers to a small but crippling weakness to an otherwise powerful force...and finds its origin in Greek mythology.

Answer 7

My Achilles heel is my ex wife. She bacically took the bank. Being broke aint no joke. Can't see my family at christmas time, can't go out on dates cause Im too sad about money. Well be getting better but damn I hate waiting,

Answer 8

Um…ouch…

My Achilles heel would have to be eggnog. At least they don’t make it year round, and I have purposefully avoided learning how to make it. Still, this time of year I seek out eggnog in all of its forms: eggnog shakes, eggnog pie, eggnog blizzards, and just plain eggnog.

Not nearly as painful as a horse trampling on my heel, but definitely more fattening.

Answer 9

You have to be careful of dem hooves... particularly on the toes and heels.

I've had toes broken by horse mis steps... so that must be my Achilles heel...

Answer 10

Yes, it's the tendon that connects the muscle groups on the back of your calf to your heels. This tendon is behind your ankle!
You need to rest, elevate leg more, put ice etc. etc.