If anyone has had experience with this achilles problem specifically, I would appreciate any advice.
I'm wondering how you dealt with it in terms of going about time off running, strength exercises (and when to start them), things to avoid, and any causes that contributed to the formation of it.
Thank you for any responses.
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An injury to the lining surrounding the Achilles tendon? then this.. the pain feels similar to a tear to the tendon itself, hard to differentiate. ( experienced at both now). How to tell is that there will be no strength loss from just the Paratenon as it is a only carrier of the blood supply and nerves for the tendon itself. From online sources the medical advice suggests approx. 10 week off to let heal. I ignored this and kept running and the injury seems to be permanent albeit at a much reduced intensity after 6 months. The resulting scar seems to stick at times (due to calcification) and is resolved by gentle massage and warming the location to get it to slide along the tendon as it is supposed to. Mine happened due to holding contact with the ground a fraction of a second too long on the pushoff. (after watching the long striding k. Bekele on youtube and misinterpreting the kinetics of it). Good luck!
How long did you continue to run through it before you determined it's permanent?
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