Return from achilles injury

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Marvellous.

Not an expert, but suffered for a year and a half from achilles tendonosis. If I could recommend one thing to anyone it would be to walk barefoot as much as possible and in minimal shoes as much as possible.

You will aggravate the injury over and over if you achilles is shortened all day long and then you are suddenly and forcibly stretching it for 30 min a day.

That's just my two cents.

I built up my mileage kind of slow at the start, but then built it up normally after that. What I mean is that I took two weeks completely off. Then I started walking 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 40 minutes, 30 minutes with a few 100 meter running parts added in, then longer running parts, etc. Eventually I ran 4 miles at one time at a real easy pace and just added from there. After a week of this I was fine, but I still added back slowly. I've never taken it that slowly getting back from an injury but it seemed to work for me.

I treated my creakiness with calve raises, massages, and ultrasound. Make sure you do the calve raises if nothing else. Good luck!

Yeah I've been doing static stretching and mobility work multiple times a day. I've also had extensive massage sessions with the physio. I'm poking to do treadmill running at the weekend in intervals to ease myself back into it.

When would people recommend I try my first run back out on the streets of two miles or over?

Bear in mind I am currently walking 7-8 miles a day at work.