Aly was my physio. When we started, I couldn't run a half mile without 7/10 pain. Seven months later, I ran a 39 mile ultra without pain. (Well, no pain in my achillies!). Ran my first 50 miler two months after that. Get on her schedule now, because as one can see from this brilliant video, she is going to Hollywood soon. 😊
How do you know if you're ready to run? I've done a couple "test" runs 2:1 ratio and feel 0 pain, but notice the "squeaky" tendon following.. or crepitus.. with 0 pain or crepitus the following day..
The rule with rehab and exercise is usually that it is OK to do as long as: 1. It only causes a slight discomfort while doing it, AND 2. It does not cause an increase in your pain and swelling that lasts for more than 24 hours Just remember to slowly build your running volume - so don't just go from testing it with run walks to full out running - ease into it by slowly increasing the run time vs. walk time
Hi, do you have any videos on how best to deal with an initial achilles flare up? Started running fairly recently in addition to strength training, tennis and hiit workouts. My achilles flared up on Thursday after a 5km on the back of a high load week. Pain wasn't too bad and could only really notice it when stretching out my achilles. Played tennis this morning and the pains got a little worse and can now feel it when I hop and when I walk up and down stairs. Wondering if you could point me in the right direction of content/advice on how to deal with this to prevent worsening the situation? I also have flat feet which I dont believe helps.
Hey 👋 I had a heel slip where my foot went out in front of me and I felt a sharp pain in my Achilles. I have pain in the insertional part or my tendon. What should I do to heal it?
I injured my achilles doing calf raises back around March this year. I stopped working out until the pain was gone, then started doing heal drops pretty regularly, adding small amounts of weight over a month or so. Then, without any pain or warning, I had an intense flare-up sitting there one evening that lasted a couple days and all but prevented me from walking. I recovered from that for the most part and have tried getting back into body weight calf raises (still doing other weighted leg exercises), but felt like I came close to another flare-up last night, again, just sitting there. It's like there's not really any warning, and the debilitating nature of the flare-ups makes me hesitant to do any calf exercises at all.
Something to look at is how you do them - are you perhaps dropping too far or for too long over the side of the step? I've discussed the various different versions of calf raises and what to look out for in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Dp8gzq9zoy4.html
@@TreatMyAchilles When I started out, I did them on flat ground for about a month. Then I started doing them on an adjustable wedge on the low setting. I'm starting to wonder if it's more an issue with it rubbing on something than from overworking it.
