I injured my achilles running a 5000m, and am wondering what the prognosis is. I noticed that there is a lot of stuff about Achilles tendonitis, but less about Achilles strains. Is there a difference? Will they heal differently? How much time do people think that this will take to heal? I don't notice it when I walk, but after a week of not running it still hurts to run on my toes.
Thanks.
hmmmm
No idea.
Tendonitis usually creeps up over time, where as a strain occurs during a single run or often from just one wrong step. In your case, you probably have a achilles strain. I\'m my experience, a strain is better. Both injuries heal, but tendonitis tends to come back if you don\'t find the source of it. Unfortunately, the best treatment for achilles injuries is rest with absolutely no running. I\'m not sure what you are currently training for, but i would try taking a week off and see how it feels after that. If it still bothers you try 2 or 3 weeks. If will eventually heel with time, and once it is healed, it shouldn\'t give you any more problems.
Thanks.
UW Guy wrote:
... eventually heel ...
Well, it will always be a heel, but later it may become healed.
on a run about a month ago, I twisted my ankle. It was sore for a while and I didn't think anything of it. It would come and go from time to time but only when I was walking, not running. I did a 10k in racing flats a few days ago instead of my ankle it started feeling like something with my achilles. Ran 3 miles the day after the 10k and while it isn't hurting terribly, I do feel it pretty much all the time now. Does this sound like a strain?
If you strain it and continue to run on it it will most likely become inflamed and develop into tendonitis.
Tendonitis is just little tears in the tendon, a sprain is basically the same thing but usually a strain comes from a single shock to the tendon while tendonitis is the result of overuse which gradually becomes inflamed over time.