How Long to Heal Popliteal Tendon Strain?

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How much running are you doing when the pain returns? What's the longest that you've rested?

I got diagnosed with that a few years back. Mine was just a strain but even that took some time to heal. I happened early March and I was not back to full running until the end of June. I took the rest of March and all of April fully off of running. Tried a couple days in May and it came right back. I took another month off and then came back real slowly and was back. I have not had problems with it since and that was back in 2004 when this happened. Best of luck on the recovery.

For me it was just a couple of days. It was probably only pulled, but just easy running, stretching and lots of stem did it for me.

Twice I have rested for two weeks. When I started back I ran 3-4 miles and tried to do a little more each day.

Do you think a longer rest is required? Any cross training? Biking, elliptical and pool running all seem to aggravate it. Yoga has been the only thing that seems okay.

Thanks.

I strained mine two summers ago. In all, I missed about 2 months of running to it. The first month was because I kept coming back too early. I took a week off and had no pain walking. But, 2 miles into my first run, it started to hurt again. So, next I took two weeks off (pain was gone after first week), ran, and the pain came back. Caveat: I had been biking during these weeks off. Trainer then said to try a month off with no cross training. I did that and no more pain when I started running again! This is probably not the most efficient way to recover, but it worked and I've had no problems with it since.

Thanks very much for the info. Same exact thing that you describe. Guess I may be looking at a longer rest. Ugh...

Just curious... Did it ever heal?

I am currently dealing with this injury. I've sought treatment from chiropractor and sports massage therapist. Therapist said two weeks of rest with cycling should be plenty. Chiropractor thinks no cycling and longer rest period. My first healing attempt was chiropractor and massage with two weeks of rest. It wasn't enough.

I had this several years ago - happened in early October, wasn't able to really start training again until January, did my first post-injury race in February. I'd feel it from time to time after that, but knock on wood, it's been gone for good for about five years. It's apparently a really weak area on most people, nearly impossible to strengthen, so it takes a while to heal up. I'd stay off it for at least two weeks, and after that, if it tightens up when you try to run, stop and rest some more. If you don't, you'll just prolong it. I also remember compression bringing relief, both while recovering and while starting to train again.

Good luck.