Treatment and Prevention For The Achilles Tendon

Unfortunately, treatments for Achilles tendonitis and tears have not changed or improved much over the past 30 years. Depending on the severity of your tendonitis, you will be guided through the following “solutions” or “cures”. I’ll give you the treatment and my opinion and experience with it.

Pain be your guide. This will be the first admonition. If it hurts don’t do it. Stop. If it doesn’t hurt, proceed with caution until there is no pain. Then gradually reintroduce your full training regimen. The “no pain - no gain” philosophy is absolutely out when dealing with this condition. If you tend to push your body to limits and not listen to discomfort, this guidance will be next to useless.

Rest. This is usually the first words out of most health practitioners. Since you caused this by overdoing it in some way, backing off is reasonable. However, I would recommend reviewing your training logs and first eliminating the specific type of workouts that most likely caused it. If removing the suspected workout doesn’t lead to relief, then lighten up elsewhere in your schedule…….. To read the entire post by

Coach Dean Hebert of Tempe Arizona    Achilles Tendons Treatments

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