Achilles Tendon - Wrong Shoes

[Audiofreq]

Ok so I made a textbook error last Monday and went for a jog with the wrong shoes on and as a result i've hurt my Achilles tendon.

Using this picture as reference:

It's sore just above the calcaneus and the pain has not changed over the course of the week.It's not sore all the time and only certain actions hurt it and the pain is very bearable but i'm just slightly worried about long term damage.

Last night i was moving my foot up and down a couple of times and it felt like there was cotton wool around the area being ripped. Not painful but just a worrying feeling.

Anyway i've never had anything like this and just wondered if it's common and if so how to go about getting it back to normal.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Jon

 

[daztrouk]

You should visit a doctor

 

[Nogimmix]

I agree, visit the doctor.

I few years ago I ruptured my achilles and spent 4 months in plaster.
If I followed the signs it was giving me I might've not ruptured it while playing football.

 

[firstborn]

I'd skip the doctor and head to a sports injury clinic - will cost you though.

I've injured my achilles, mainly through over training an it has recovered. Don't panic, but seek professional guidance on treatment.

 

[collisster]

right here goes... I have achillies tendonitis.
I went to see the doctor at first he said it was growing pains. I went back he referred me. I was now in immence pain I couldn't walk most mornings and it felt liek something was going to snap everytime i got up I went to see the surgeon, I was offered physio or an op, so I went for physio. my physiotherapist then referred me to orthotics to align my feet. both of my feet pronate (roll in) the mish mash of the bones leads to the shearing of my tendon when I walk. The orthotic department gave me some plastic things to put into my shoes. I wasn't happy with them because they were causing me huge discomfort so I went to a running shop called sub4. which my mum luckily taught the guy who owns it so we had a good chat and showed him the insert i was given. well to be honest he was appauled. the size given to me was 3 sizes to big and the pain i was experiencing was metatarsal damage caused by the orthotic. so he got me measured up using all this biometric shiz and then did a mould of my foot. after I recieved my orthotic we took the NHS ones to my physio and showed her and we compared them to the privately made one. My phyiso therapist was appauled too. she made a complaint to the department concerned and they said they were recalling me but they never did. I got discharged after a year becuase I could once again walk without discomfort and it has gradually got better. the problem is that any running with out warming up gives me loads of pain and without wearing the orthotics I start to feel the tendonitis coming on again, I'm sure its with me for life and I'll (my mum) will have to keep shelling out money for orthotics because the NHS is crap.
moral of the story - edit : get an assesment/ edit over and get orthotics beacuse you probably prontate anyway lots of stretching of that tendon when you are up and walking calf raises etc. dont weight train on it or do anything to aggrevate it. over my treatment I couldn't run/jog for about a year and a half

/rant over + I hope it helps

Collisster

 

[firstborn]

moral of the story - get orthotics beacuse u probably prontate anyway

You only need orthotics if, you need orthotics. Pronation is a natural mechanism - it's only a problem if it's excessive.

The OP will only know the cause of the problem if he gets a professional assesment from a physio or a podiatrist.

 

[Audiofreq]

Thanks for the advice guys.

I've got exams at the moment but will make an appointment for the doctor. Hopefully they can refer me to the right people and maybe it wont cost so much (as someone said a specialist will).

The pain isn't as bad as collisster described so hopefully it's nothing to serious and at a stage where it can be "fixed".

 

[collisster]

You only need orthotics if, you need orthotics. Pronation is a natural mechanism - it's only a problem if it's excessive.

ok then over pronation

The OP will only know the cause of the problem if he gets a professional assesment from a physio or a podiatrist.

I was recommending that nd way