Get my achilles to 100% as quickly as possible

Injury/Nutrition Achilles
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  • akilleez

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    11 years ago 12/08/2012 11:56am EST

    Two weeks ago my achilles (not really the tendon itself, but right where it connects to the heel) got pretty sore - too painful to run on so I took a week off (either not running or jogging 2 miles). I thought I would be good to go this week since the pain went away very quickly, and slowly got back up to a few 8 milers but even though I'm not in pain I can still feel it's not right. I'm hoping to have a decent indoor season and I can't afford to miss a ton of training.

    Right now I'm just taking anti-inflammatory (ibuprofin), icing, and doing some strengthening stuff. Should I do something else? Take a whole week of no running? Anything.

    Thanks

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    xcrunner52

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    11 years ago 12/08/2012 12:42pm EST
    re: akilleez

    bump

  • Kiolop

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    11 years ago 12/08/2012 12:46pm EST
    re: akilleez

    Graston.

  • more than you think

    Anonymous Poster

    11 years ago 12/08/2012 12:50pm EST
    re: akilleez

    By "some strengthening stuff", do you mean weighted, eccentric heel drops on flat ground?

    If you aren't doing those, you should.

  • akilleez

    Anonymous Poster

    11 years ago 12/08/2012 9:16pm EST
    re: more than you think

    Calf raises is what I'm doing. What do you mean by 'eccentric heel drops on flat ground'? I don't see being able to do heel drops on level ground as possible since I consider heel drops to be lowering the heel below level ground and essentially doing calf raises. Plus extending the achilles seem to aggravate it (as does strenuous work like hills or anything more than mid-foot striking - which is anything faster than jogging for me).

    Thanks for the advice. Probably going to schedule a PT in the next few days.

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