I have chronic Achilles Tendinitis, and shin splints. They’ve plagued me for a year and a half now (I first got injured during my second week of Cross Country my freshman year, and they haven’t left yet). I have specialty orthopedics, I’ve seen several orthopedic surgeons, I’ went to Physical Therapy for 2 and a half months, I ice massage strengthen and stretch my shins and calves often but not as often as I should. I’ve also been to a masseuse, I’ve looked into acupuncture a little bit, but never tried it.
This fall I started to make a comeback, the PT and massages really started to help. I was able to steadily increases mileage with only a few bouts of pain, until recently, I increased the length of my long run form 5 to 6 miles and neglected to increase the amount of injury prevention that I do.
I’ve heard of most strategies including using deep heat, which I have not tried yet. If you have any unusual or miracle cures I would love to hear it, I’m at the end of my rope, and I work my *** of out on the roads, and at home with every type of cross training I can. I really feel like I could compete with the best if I ever got to compete for more that a few weeks at a time. Thank you very much. Sorry for any misspellings, this prgram is messing every thing up
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Achilles Tendon Pain?
Feb 21
I have really short and tight achilles tendents on both feet and when i was little i did physical therapy because i was a toe walker(due to the short Achilles) after a couple of months it went away and really didnt walk on my toes for atleast 11 years. Well now all of the sudden im starting to walk back on my toes. If i dont i get really strong unbearable pain on the back of my foot or i cant walk because i lose my balance when i try to touch my heal to the ground. Is it possible after therapy that my achilles tendon could have tightend up again?
I came close to rupturing my achilles tendon about 2 months ago. I have several small muscles tears throughout the tendon. I have been in a walking boot since then, and I have to wear it for at least another month. I am also doing physical therapy. I am still in a lot of pain, and I wondered if anyone else has had this problem and has any suggestions or suggests that I get an MRI? Thanks!