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What are the symptoms of Achilles Tendonitis Injury and do I have it?

With Acute Achilles Tendonitis Injury you often feel all or most of the following things:-

• sharp nagging pain above heel
• ‘first step’ pain in the morning or after sitting for a while
• walking downstairs first thing in morning
• increase in pain by walking up stairs or uphill
• localised painful swelling in your tendon

Insertional Achilles Tendonitis Injury is also discussed and there are Videos which show you what to expect to find on feeling your Achilles Tendon.

Will rest cure my Achilles Tendonitis or will I need surgery? I explain what the surgery for Tendonitis aims to achieve. I suggest when I think you should consider surgery.
Does rest cure Achilles Problems – see what I think

Tendon Healing There are 3 phases to Healing inflammatory phase repairing phase remodeling phase Inflammatory Phase Red blood cells and white blood cells, enter the site of injury. In the first twenty-four hours, the job of these white blood cells is to ‘clean up’ any dead materials. Special substances or factors are released which increase [...]

New Running Style for Achilles Tendonitis?

Does your running style predispose you to Achilles Tendon injury? Find out here by watching a cool video analysis of before and after re-training.

New Running Shoes for Achilles Tendonitis?

It is recommended that you change your shoes every 300 to 500 miles.
If your shoes are past this mileage they may not be providing the support and control that they did initially.
This allows your foot to move about more in the shoe and alters your running mechanics.
This can significantly increase the stresses on your Achilles and may be part of the reason you developed Tendonitis in the first place.

It may also be that the shoes you currently use are not best suited to your foot type and style of running.

How To Recognise Your Foot Type The simplest way is to wet your feet and then stand upright with your feet comfortably apart on a flat dry surface that will allow you to examine the footprints that you leave as you carefully step away. You may need some dry paper – it is easier if [...]

Running with Achilles Tendon Problems

How long have you had the pain in your Achilles? Less than 4 weeks? More than 4 weeks?
Have you had the Achilles pain before?
Can do 3 sets of 15 reps of the Eccentric Calf Exercise and be pain-free?
Your answers to all these questions are important….

Achilles Tendonitis or Achilles Tendinosis? Achilles Tendonitis (or its other spelling – Achilles Tendinitis) is an acute flare up of tissues around the tendon and is short lasting – only a few days. Achilles Tendinosis is a chronic degenerative condition lasting for ever!. It’s a bit like a puppy – not just for Christmas but [...]