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Stretching the achilles tendon and calf with a towel
I warn you… this stretch can make you feel queasy!
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Help release plantar fasciitis with a golf ball
This exercise is in the achilles tendon section of this site for a good reason!
Hanging on a step to stretch painful achilles tendons
This is a nice early morning and ‘just before bed’ stretch that can be performed to help relieve tight, painful achilles tendons.
First morning of loose achilles tendons for months!
My first sports massage session yesterday seems to have already had a positive effect on my tight achilles tendons.
Help reduce achilles tendon pain with this eccentric exercise
This is another exercise that was given to me by my physiotherapist when I first saw her complaining of achilles tendon pain.
First of all, what does eccentric mean?
An eccentric exercise is an exercise that stretches the muscle whilst the muscle is under strain. So, in the case of this exercise, the calf is lengthening, but at the same time it’s working against gravity to control the ankle.
Exercise to relieve the symptoms of shin splints
You may have read in my last few posts that I’ve started to get pain in my shins which could be shin splints. Now this may be down to a few things…
Achilles tendonitis playing up badly!
Today has not been a good day!
Started off with real bad pain in my achilles tendons again this morning… and unfortunately the pain hasn’t subsided all day.
It may be down to several things really…
- I stretched my calves/achilles tendons too much yesterday
- I did too many eccentric exercises yesterday
- I wore my ASICS trainers yesterday - still not sure if these were the route cause of my stress fracture
- I ran (yes, ran) for about 15 yards yesterday
- My new custom fitted orthotics are finally starting to ‘argue’ with my body and my achilles tendons are starting to complain about it!
Whatever the reason, I’m not happy. I just want to get training again. Even though it’s about freezing outside I really want to get out and exercise. For some reason I’m sure I’m noticing a lot more people out running at the moment! It really does rub it in.
My physio can’t do anything for the stress fracture - so it’s time for some custom made orthotics.
I went to see the physio earlier today about my stress fracture - and as I thought they said there was pretty much nothing they could do for me to aid the healing process. As the fracture is bone, it just needs time and rest in order to heal itself.
The best thing I could do for myself in the meantime though is to see a podiatrist in order to get fitted for some custom made orthotics. These would correct my overpronation and hopefully stop me from getting any stress fractures in the future.