Achilles problems

[IanDarkpeak]

Is it stiff in a morning more so than rest of day?

Are you trying to hijack the thread Amex, He's talking about his achillies..

[Amex]

Are you trying to hijack the thread Amex, He's talking about his achillies..

no honest, i have had both achilles stripped now so i know a tad about it, but i see what you mean i have just read through my post oh dear it could be taken the wrong way!
Brett will be on to me i will get banned and loose all my friends
then again come to think of it

[Stolly]

Well I've been running with a swollen achilles for a while now - I think its (very) gradually improving as it no longer feels stiff in the mornings, is not nearly as painful and only occasionally aches while running. I use ice from time to time but the major improvement for me has come from running with an ankle support like this:



As is usual for me I haven't consulted a physio at all and just bashed on. And touch wood I just might have got away with it.

[Jordan]

It's worse in the morning for sure. I can feel it throb at various times during the day to! No really!

[Feet in the Cowclaps]

As is usual for me I haven't consulted a physio at all and just bashed on. And touch wood I just might have got away with it.

True. There came a time once the initial swelling had gone down and it wasn't so sore to touch (I'm talking about the achilles here), when I decided that I'd try and run it off, which I suppose I eventually did.

[dominion]

Keep up the stretching, be patient and you should get on top of it. One of the things my physio did on it which I think was useful was shockwave therapy.

FITC, By shockwave, do you mean TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator)?

[Feet in the Cowclaps]

FITC, By shockwave, do you mean TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator)?

No.

I mean this.

Here on wikipedia

[Al Fowler]

I did my achilles playing cricket....constantly pounding my foot on the floor as I ball did it no good.
When I first did it i could harly walk for a day or two. Once the worst of the pain had gone, I bought one of those ankle supports like the image posted by stolly.....i kept it on everyday and i helped. Within a couple of weeks I was able to go running again but only if I was wearing the support....without it i collapsed on my ankle.
I did the injury in January and it still twinges now .....so my advise to you is buy a support and go for a little jog when you feel your ready. But dont do like i did and be over-confident about how my achilles had healed by leaping of a huge rock in the Lake's.

[alwaysinjured]

In same boat

Completely out of training for weeks...

Managed (almost all of )the cuillin ridge walking last week - but cant run even a mile withou serious lasting pain....which prevents me walking the following day.

May try one of those supports...

[dominion]

As I'm too mean to pay anymore money to physios that don't seem to get any results, would one of these home TENS machines be any good for treating a sore achillies?

http://www.lloydspharmacytensmachine.com/

I'm running(ish) for the first time since March but I'm not sure my achillies is really sorted.