Achilles TEndonitis - Triathlon Week

pyschosyd · 10-22-2006, 07:39 AM

Has anyone dealt with achilles tendonitis before?

I agrivated mine while training my track athletes last spring. I took a month off of running at that point (which sucked) and worked on some strengthening excercises. It became a managable situation. I raced and trained all summer with it only really being noticable when I woke up in the morning, and when I first started to run. It goes away (usually) very quickly. However recently it is flaring up again. I'm going to take the next 2-3 weeks (after my x-country team is done) and focus on letting heal before training begins in November.

Has anyone had this and healed completely?
My sister is a phsyio and has given me strenghtening excercises. They help but it isn't going away.

Thanks
Syd

Spike10 · 10-23-2006, 11:33 AM

Hi Syd, yes I had a very bad case of it a few years ago, it really got bad when I worked in a certain pair of work boots that held my heal in a cup and would not let it flex naturally. A friend that was a medic in the Army told me to get a pair of boots that would let my foot move more and use ice and Ibuprofin until the pain and swelling went away. As I said this was several years ago and it had not been a problem until just before my Olympic this year, I had several hours in the wrong footwear and made it flair up with a vengance. I did the run portion with a severe limp, since then I have not worn the wrong boots or shoes for more than is required and my tendon is about 95% and still getting better, daily stretching is also key.
I hope this helps you.
Spike.