Hi , just discovered this thread. For 5 months now, I have been having on and off calf and achilles issues. For a while now , my achilles itself has not hurt at all doing the pinch test, but I am quite sore in the area where the calf meets the Achilles ( so like lower calf ) . Would this still be considered an Achille issue / would eccentric drops help? Right now I have been focusing on massaging and rolling out my legs and calf. Thanks !
https://www.runnersworld.com/web-exclusive/high-hamstring-tendinitisScriptedConnection wrote:
Could stuff like eccentric single leg squats/hamstrings do the same thing for gluteal tendinopathy?
i made a good deal of progress with this routine. I eventually went nuts with multiple eccentric hamstring exercises but had minimal success.
my breakthrough came with a chiropractor who had me focus on glute activation exercises. it sounds so unscientific and that bugged me but i was kind of at the end of my rope so i went to see this guy. google glute activation exercises and you will see some.
but one of the ones i did that was even more simple than these was to just stand with my knee bent at 90 degrees and then try and touch my butt with my foot and go back down to 90. repeat just 5 times and do as many times a day as you can.
I also think this one was key.
https://www.runnersworld.com/stretching/how-to-correct-your-posture/slide/3It was a year long process but after years of working to strengthen, these very simple things did the trick. i am ham-pain free....after like 20 years.
Shoebacca wrote:
ScriptedConnection wrote:
Could stuff like eccentric single leg squats/hamstrings do the same thing for gluteal tendinopathy?
Yes, but you need to be very careful that the motion you focus on is actually eccentric. You would need to know the specific repetitive motion that caused injury in your specific glute before you can isolate the reverse motion for that exact glute. If you aren't 100% confident you have isolated the correct things to do in reverse motions, then you risk further injury.
Thanks for the input, as in other threads, your posts are always insightful!
Mine seems to be caused by excessive hill and track running, which put too much strain on my right glute medius (the bad side),
I also have great muscular imbalances. I think my right hamstring is also pretty weak and strangely enough more flexible than the left, while my right glute is noticeably tighter than the left, which also gives me the snapping hip and sometimes some tingling feeling . Quadriceps and hip flexors are also tighter on the right side.
Planning to stretch out them and strengthen the hamstring and considering the eccentric thing for the glute.
moanswers wrote:
https://www.runnersworld.com/web-exclusive/high-hamstring-tendinitisScriptedConnection wrote:
Could stuff like eccentric single leg squats/hamstrings do the same thing for gluteal tendinopathy?
i made a good deal of progress with this routine. I eventually went nuts with multiple eccentric hamstring exercises but had minimal success.
my breakthrough came with a chiropractor who had me focus on glute activation exercises. it sounds so unscientific and that bugged me but i was kind of at the end of my rope so i went to see this guy. google glute activation exercises and you will see some.
but one of the ones i did that was even more simple than these was to just stand with my knee bent at 90 degrees and then try and touch my butt with my foot and go back down to 90. repeat just 5 times and do as many times a day as you can.
I also think this one was key.
https://www.runnersworld.com/stretching/how-to-correct-your-posture/slide/3It was a year long process but after years of working to strengthen, these very simple things did the trick. i am ham-pain free....after like 20 years.
Great stuff, and yeah, glute activation exercises, along with stretching the hip flexors have helped me a lot. They're definitely an important piece of the puzzle.
Dr.S wrote:
Pain is tough to guage with these things, but I think the best thing to say is it is okay to feel pain. I had pretty bad pain while doing mine, but it worked. Others have said the same thing. The main thing to monitor is if the pain during daily acitivites is getting better or worse.
Because it is a degenerative, not inflammatory condition, the use of NSAIDs is controversial. Some say they hurt the regeneration process, others say they help (and may also prevent any negative consequences of inflammation that the eccentrics may bring on). Tough to say. My general recommendation is to use one, I prefer Aleve, as long as it doesn't bother your stomach.
Same thing applies for icing. Most of the studies have shown the effects of eccentrics in the absence of icing. It is not essential. Some may argue that icing may help any negative inflammatory consequences of the exercise, while others may say that it slows down the metabolism and hence the rate of collagen synthesis. I would say try it without icing and see how you do.
Speaking of icing, I don't hear people talking about how icing causes the body to produce histamines. Dr. S, can you say anything about the role of histamines in healing tendon injuries?
Lynxy wrote:
Hi , just discovered this thread. For 5 months now, I have been having on and off calf and achilles issues. For a while now , my achilles itself has not hurt at all doing the pinch test, but I am quite sore in the area where the calf meets the Achilles ( so like lower calf ) . Would this still be considered an Achille issue / would eccentric drops help? Right now I have been focusing on massaging and rolling out my legs and calf. Thanks !
I don't know about the science, but I swear by them every time I have a sore calf/achilles.
anyone else had success with eccentric drops for dealing calf issues/calf heart attack?
Bump.