achilles problems

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21 years ago 12/30/2002 1:29pm EST

ive been battling achilles problems for 8 months now and havent been able to train at all within this time. ive gotten cortisone shot when the MRI showed swelling between the tendon and the sheath around the tendon. i tried to train on it and after getting up to about 25 miles a week i was in some serious pain again. anybody have any ideas? ive heard about debridments but i think the problem is that my soleus is so tight. it is frustrating because ive been stretching my calves like mad for months now and havent had any luck. let me know if this debridment is the way to go or not.

thanks in advance.

21 years ago 12/30/2002 5:08pm EST

re: another trackguy

This may not help you, but if you need to ice after a workout, be sure to start the icing within 5-10 minutes of when you finish running.

Other than that, try searching under 'achilles' in the search function WITHIN the message board (not all of Yahoo). There have been a couple of large threads on this very issue.

21 years ago 12/31/2002 12:58am EST

re: another trackguy

Assuming you're saying you've got tendinitis, what worked for me was ice baths once or twice a day (and no running) for 2 or 3 weeks. The doctors wanted to do the cortisone thing, but they admitted that it could weaken the tendon down the road, so I stuck my leg in a bucket of ice water until I couldn't move it.

21 years ago 12/31/2002 6:05am EST

re: idealist

It's very possible you're overstretching your calf. The key really is just to ice a lot. Stretch your calf, massage your calf and achilles (not too hard on the achilles if it's really tender), then ice. My achilles woes were always gone within a week with a routine like that. You'd be surprised how many tendon problems are a direct cause of muscle problems (even something as simple as an overtight calf). Find a good stretching routine and do it religiously. Massage anything that's tight or sore and ice afterwards.

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