Achilles tendon pain is as bad as ever

I must admit, I didn’t have the best night’s sleep last night. My daughter was coughing most of night, and when she wasn’t, I was.

This cold has hit me real hard now. Today will definitely be a rest day (apart from work that is!).

My achilles tendons were probably as tight as they’ve been since Christmas this morning. It really feels like I’m recovering at a very slow rate. I guess it could be that the tweaks to my orthotics over the weekend along with the new heel risers have just placed a strain on a different part of the tendons.

I went to the gym yesterday and did my full workout - which included 5 mins walking on the treadmill with an incline of 11%, then 10 mins running at a slow pace with at a 2% incline, and then 5 mins cool down. Maybe this was too much?

Hopefully I’ll wake up a lot better in the morning - either minus the sniffing, minus the coughing, or minus the stiff achilles tendons!

EDIT:
Since writing this post I’ve been doing some achilles tendon stretches and a foam roller exercise for the calf and achilles tendon which have really helped my achilles pain.