London
(ANI):
Actor
Russell
Crowe
has
finally
decided
to
undergo
treatment
to
repair
the
Achilles
tendon
he
injured
while
filming
'Mystery,
Alaska" over
10
years
ago.
Crowe,
46,
suffered
a
series
of
injuries
to
the
tendon
while
filming
the
1998
ice
hockey
movie
and
he"s
been
in
chronic
pain
ever
since.
Doctors
initially
suggested
he
undergo
an
operation
to
repair
the
sports
injury,
but
he
was
scared
off
the
idea
after
being
warned
there
was
a
small
chance
he
could
be
left
with
a
permanent
limp.
“I"ve
been
managing
that
(injury)
for
over
a
decade.
I"ve
actually
shredded
the
tendon
itself
so
blood
can"t
get
in
to
repair
it," the
Daily
Express
quoted
him
as
saying.
“There
is
an
operation
where
they"ll
detach
it
for
you
and
clean
it
up
and
stick
it
back
on
but
there"s
a
10
percent
chance
you
will
walk
with
a
well-defined
limp,
and
I"ve
already
got
the
limp,"
he
said.
But
now
he
is
finally
letting
doctors
do
their
job,
and
he"s
enduring
painful
treatments
to
repair
his
leg
for
good.
“The
technology
has
caught
up
and
I"m
doing
this
series
of
things
at
the
moment
where
they
take
the
blood
out
of
my
arm
and
they
inject
it
directly
into
the
tendon...
it"s
significantly
painful,"
he
added.