Thank you for sharing these videos, I'm on the right track, early observation, first week, the scale of pain is 1 to 3 on...a scale of 10, the overly optimistic athlete in me converted that to...the pain scale is 1 to 3...oops, caught it, backed off & continued with less aggressive return to running, thank you for the information, I'm sure it helped me avoid making it worse than it was. Happy holidays!
Thank you so much, Katarina. There is so much more that people can do to help themselves recover. so if this has helped you, I am delighted. Best wishes. Caroline
Hello. I have mild discomfort and some swelling in my tendon from recent successive football matches. I trained my calves for the past 15 years. Can I continue to do that while recovering the tendon or not? Thank you
You need to figure out the optimal load that your Achilles can currently handle - you can and in most cases should do calf raises for this, but you usually have to start with a much reduced weight and sets. If you overwork it, it will just continue to stay painful because it is an overuse injury to start with. There's a video going live later today that answer this questions actually as well but here's an article about it: www.treatmyachilles.com/post/swollen-achilles-tendon-is-it-safe-to-exercise
Hi, almost 2 weeks ago I felt tightness in my achilles. Couple days later the stiffness/pain was a lot better and ended up doing 4 sets of iso heel raise on both feet but the next day the pain/stiffness was worse than before. A week and a bit on from then and it’s still quite tight in the mornings but as the day goes on at work it gets better. Just wondering how long the tightness in the mornings should go on for? Other than the heel raises I done on the 3rd day I haven’t been doing anything, just going to work (truck driver) and gym but no cardio only weight training and only upper body. Any advice would be appreciated
The stiffness in the morning can take a long time to go away. It sounds like you may just have jumped in with a too big a set of exercises for what your Achilles can currently handle - it is usually better to test a very small gentle set. Here are some videos that you may find helpful: 1. Overview of all the treatment options: ruclips.net/video/H1nfgU1amvg/видео.html 2. Overview of all the exercise options: ruclips.net/video/Dp8gzq9zoy4/видео.html
@@TreatMyAchilles thanks for the response, the tightness has pretty gone now which is great so I will start introducing strengthening at a smaller rate and see how that goes. Problem now is that because I had been walking a certain way, I think the tendons on top of my foot are inflamed now. Is that something you see often? or was I just unlucky?
Yes, ibuprofen is usually not recommended unless you have an excessive inflammatory response associated with your Achilles injury e.g. bursitis or something similar.
I'm now slowly recovering after a year of pain, and no Hiking.
I'm praying I can get to Switzerland by late September.
Thank you for sharing these videos, I'm on the right track, early observation, first week, the scale of pain is 1 to 3 on...a scale of 10, the overly optimistic athlete in me converted that to...the pain scale is 1 to 3...oops, caught it, backed off & continued with less aggressive return to running, thank you for the information, I'm sure it helped me avoid making it worse than it was. Happy holidays!
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Thank you so much, Katarina. There is so much more that people can do to help themselves recover. so if this has helped you, I am delighted. Best wishes. Caroline
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Hello. I have mild discomfort and some swelling in my tendon from recent successive football matches. I trained my calves for the past 15 years. Can I continue to do that while recovering the tendon or not? Thank you
You need to figure out the optimal load that your Achilles can currently handle - you can and in most cases should do calf raises for this, but you usually have to start with a much reduced weight and sets. If you overwork it, it will just continue to stay painful because it is an overuse injury to start with. There's a video going live later today that answer this questions actually as well but here's an article about it: www.treatmyachilles.com/post/swollen-achilles-tendon-is-it-safe-to-exercise
Hi, almost 2 weeks ago I felt tightness in my achilles. Couple days later the stiffness/pain was a lot better and ended up doing 4 sets of iso heel raise on both feet but the next day the pain/stiffness was worse than before. A week and a bit on from then and it’s still quite tight in the mornings but as the day goes on at work it gets better. Just wondering how long the tightness in the mornings should go on for? Other than the heel raises I done on the 3rd day I haven’t been doing anything, just going to work (truck driver) and gym but no cardio only weight training and only upper body. Any advice would be appreciated
The stiffness in the morning can take a long time to go away. It sounds like you may just have jumped in with a too big a set of exercises for what your Achilles can currently handle - it is usually better to test a very small gentle set. Here are some videos that you may find helpful:
1. Overview of all the treatment options: ruclips.net/video/H1nfgU1amvg/видео.html
2. Overview of all the exercise options: ruclips.net/video/Dp8gzq9zoy4/видео.html
@@TreatMyAchilles thanks for the response, the tightness has pretty gone now which is great so I will start introducing strengthening at a smaller rate and see how that goes. Problem now is that because I had been walking a certain way, I think the tendons on top of my foot are inflamed now. Is that something you see often? or was I just unlucky?
When you say pain meds you don’t mean ibuprofen right?
Yes, ibuprofen is usually not recommended unless you have an excessive inflammatory response associated with your Achilles injury e.g. bursitis or something similar.