Achilles Tendon Pain

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16 years ago 03/13/2008 12:08pm EDT

I have a pain in the back of my tendon and as far as I can tell it's probably tendinitis. It usually hurts pretty bad after I've run and I take ibuprofen and ice it every night so that I can run the next day. I took 4 days off a couple of times and it just came back. I don't want to take time off because our first meet is on Monday and I've had enough problems and this should be a really good season for me. I know that sounds dumb, but what should I do and how long will I probably have to take off.

16 years ago 03/13/2008 12:16pm EDT

re: f*ck

I haven't run at all in about two weeks and mine is still sore. It seems like a slow healing injury. I think that if you can stay off it as much as possible and wear heel lifts to minimize the flexing when you walk, it might heal faster.

Good luck.

16 years ago 03/13/2008 12:31pm EDT

re: Mike in HC

I had the same problem a few times over the past two years of running. I have flat feet, I was told to even if you buy shoes that have a an "arch", you still may need to buy a heel lift or orthodic to help support your ailing tendon and to balance out the angle of which your foot hits the ground. Make sure you stretch properly. I reccomend if you are resting from running that you should be on a bike everyday for atleast 20-40 minutes and afterwards once your body is pretty warmed up do stretching make sure to stretch out your calves and your achilles. One other thing you should do is to get a therapist or doctor to get you to lay down and have them check if and how much one leg is longer then the other one. I rested for a week with ice 10-15 minutes 3-6 times a day and so far I 've been good that was back in february.*knock on wood*

16 years ago 03/13/2008 12:39pm EDT

re: f*ck

Dude, go see a sports medicine doctor immediately. He will be able to feel your achilles and tell you how bad the inflammation is. With your current plan of action, it's only going to get worse, and you're going to have recurring problems in the future. Make sure you take care of it correctly now before it becomes a real problem. Do all the exercises they give you unless they hurt, and don't run until they say it's OK.

16 years ago 03/13/2008 12:42pm EDT

re: f*ck

First off, don't fool around with Achilles Tendonitis. Unfortunately, because of the lack of blood flow to the tendon it takes a long amount of time to heal. If you keep running on it there is the potential that you will do permenant damage, creating a good amount of scar tissue that will decrease flexion and can cause nagging chronic reoccurences. I damaged my achilles pretty badly freshman year of college and missed three months. Since then I tend to at least once a year have problems with the same achilles, although I'm much smarter now and take around 5-7 days off, cross train, strech and ice. I also found that once my achilles healed I had better luck wearing shoes with a small heel to toe height differential because many shoes have built up heels which affect your stride and cause you to put more stress on your heel/achilles.

Good luck with the injury. Be smart, take the time off if it is sore. I'd also recommend getting a few sessions of painful yet effective cross friction massage.

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