Achilles Pain, any suggestions

[rgj-rifleman]

Through training i have began to feel pain in my achilles region, ive read up on most of the sites online and most say it is very common. Anybody that has had this condition if they can give me any advice on how they coped with it would be appreciated. Im still running with it now and its not overly bad at the moment.

[borisimo]

its common, but as with all of those types of injuries RICE is the best way (rest,ice,compresssion,elevation)

depends how bad it is, i hurt my achillies tendon and was out for 2 months, it takes longer to heal because theres less blood flowing to that area, if you search for my thread doc had some useful information in there.

if you can really feel it hurting id stop personally, the last thing you want is to get chronic achillies tendinitus.

i bought a support from boots and that seemed to help a bit.

seeing a physio could also be beneficial as they will be able to tell you what the actual damage is

[Sonne]

Could you give a little more info on the surfaces you run on, type of footwear used etc? These are the most common causes of injury and soreness.

Sonne

[JCAP4]

Increase your flexibility in your calves. Do you feel a pain in the bridge of your foot too? If yes, you need to do some stretching.

[rgj-rifleman]

im a championship kickboxer so my flexability is really good, i run on a treadmill to get my run times etc, and wear proper running shoes. It started happening when on a TA weekend two days ago on sunday, we were in boots all the time, and i think it was walking around in them all day that has hurt them. Im fine to run on them and it just very slightly uncomfortable, definetly not unbearable. I may have just over done it in the boots while training with the platoon.

[chris5818]

Check out Dr Foot mate on the link below, i had a few problems with mine but just took it easy for a while, kept off the hill running and stuck to the old cross trainer and bike and now alls good.

http://www.drfoot.co.uk/achilles%20tendonitis.htm

good luck

[letsrole]

This is advice for anyone with an injury, whether it is shin splints (I used it for this) or a shoulder injury (noticed someone has just posted about that before going on a POC). If you apply heat to the source of pain or affected area it will increase blood flow to the area that the heat is being applied. This will result in a quicker recovery time because the blood has ‘good things’ (sorry that’s the best I could come up with off the top of my head) that will deliver to the affected area.

I just put a wheat bag on it; you can buy them for like 3 squid and you just put them in the microwave heat them up then off you go. And it can be used as many times as you can. Also if you have shin splints drink lots of milk.

Heat = blood flow = quick(er) recovery

[chris5818]

If an injury is less than 7 days old, new in other words, the only thing you want to use is ice FULL STOP!.

If an injury still has quite a bit of swelling and/or pain, even if more than 7 days old, you want to use ice following any workout, even if you are going to workout or fight later on in the day.
If the injury is no longer swollen and simply sore or stiff after 7 days you can either use a moist heat pack (NOT DRY HEAT PACK) or heat rub prior to a workout to help increase the blood flow to the area.
You should always use ice at the conclusion of the workout, usually for at least two to three weeks (or as long as it is painful or swollen) while the tissue is healing.

If NO INJURY has occurred and you are simply tight or sore from a previous workout a moist heat pack or heat rub can soothe aching muscles and help to loosen them prior to working out, and ice following the workout if you are still sore and aching, or have any pain. Whether using ice or heat prior to a workout ensure ample extra time to warm up and stretch prior to any workout.

Any injury recieved should be followed by the R.I.C.E method, seriously heat can make things worse in the early stages

Don't actually know what happens when you put heat on a new injury can't remember, but blood flow in the early stages is a bad doo, so anyone, Doc inparticular please advise why.

Chris

[jimbob]

This is advice for anyone with an injury, whether it is shin splints (I used it for this) or a shoulder injury (noticed someone has just posted about that before going on a POC). If you apply heat to the source of pain or affected area it will increase blood flow to the area that the heat is being applied. This will result in a quicker recovery time because the blood has ‘good things’ (sorry that’s the best I could come up with off the top of my head) that will deliver to the affected area.

I just put a wheat bag on it; you can buy them for like 3 squid and you just put them in the microwave heat them up then off you go. And it can be used as many times as you can. Also if you have shin splints drink lots of milk.

Heat = blood flow = quick(er) recovery

yes thats good advice, i actually just ordered one of they hot/cold bags from ebay for £3.99

cold should be applied when the injury is new and still sore and heat should be applied after the acute stage of the injury to help with the blood flow

p.s. they can be found here http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search. ... category0=

[mr.zog]

Not to contradict what "letsrole" has said, as I’m sure that he knows his stuff, but when I was suffering from 'over-pronation' and the inside of my calf’s were extremely painful, my podiatrist told me to put ice on them as this will reduce blood flow, thus stopping the damaged muscle swelling up.

Chris

[bigdog]

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[Felias]

My advice to this condition which I recovered from last year from september to end of november. I too had the pain you describe, it was also from running. Mine took more than 2 months to fully heal, in the mean time, I simply rested it and after around 4 weeks of absolutley no running and no brisk walking as if you do that it will put you back to stage 1 I found. Basically do some strength exercises after around 4 weeks, just where you stand on tip toes. It help a lot in recovery, but don't hold dumbells. rolling foot in circles is also beneficial as long as it is slow and CONTROLLED Take the advice or leave it but I'm pretty sure I had the same pain, it feels tingly/snapping/ a bit like someones taken a scalpal to it .