Return of the a Achilles tendinitis

[flyfisher117]

I'm into this a year, my tendinitis is coming back and I don't know what to do.

March/April the doctor confirmed its Achilles tendinitis. The stretches the doctor gave me aren't helping. He didn't act like he believed I was doing them.
The stretches in the Mtn Tough app aren't helping. I can do everything they reccomend with zero pain. I have been doing their reccomended stretches and workouts all summer..

I essentially didn't do much this summer other than very light gym work and very minimal outdoor activities. I've been taking collagen, stretching, icing etc. I was starting to feel OK back in September. For what ever reason it's now starting to flair up again.

Is this something it would be beneficial to find a physical therapist for? Find a new doctor? Has anyone battled this and found a fix?

 

[Coach Chris]

What are you doing now that is irritating it?
Other than the modalities mentioned above what else have you done to strengthen your lower leg muscles?

 

[rickyw]

Is this something it would be beneficial to find a physical therapist for? Find a new doctor? Has anyone battled this and found a fix?

Dry needling of the lower soleus and Achilles tendon and manipulation of the talus. If they lack ankle stability due to a history of sprains then they may need some proprioceptive rehab. Typically a mixture of these approaches works quite well as long as the clinician has good hands and knows how to go about things

 

[Skerhunter]

I’m about ready to tape my ankle in place before bed every night so it stays extended while I sleep.

I have been dealing with the same thing for the past few years, but I haven’t found anything that helps a ton. Like mentioned above my right ankle was sprained repeatedly in HS sports and it just finally caught up to me. Taller hunting boots that put pressure on my leg seem to irritate it more vs normal low top shoes. But running also this past year also pissed it off.

 

[Wyo_hntr]

I have been dealing with the same thing for the past few years, but I haven’t found anything that helps a ton. Like mentioned above my right ankle was sprained repeatedly in HS sports and it just finally caught up to me. Taller hunting boots that put pressure on my leg seem to irritate it more vs normal low top shoes. But running also this past year also pissed it off.

Same.

I just began stretching a lot, quit doing high impact cardio (very rarely to i sprint anymore and if i do its build-ups, no hard sprint takeoffs), and used kinesiology tape when it was really bad.

Took me a couple of years but it's not a problem anymore.

 

[Skerhunter]

Same.

I just began stretching a lot, quit doing high impact cardio (very rarely to i sprint anymore and if i do its build-ups, no hard sprint takeoffs), and used kinesiology tape when it was really bad.

Took me a couple of years but it's not a problem anymore.

Good to hear! I haven’t tried k tape yet, but may need to give it a try this year.

 

[Wyo_hntr]

Good to hear! I haven’t tried k tape yet, but may need to give it a try this year.

 

[ElPollo]

I'm into this a year, my tendinitis is coming back and I don't know what to do.

March/April the doctor confirmed its Achilles tendinitis. The stretches the doctor gave me aren't helping. He didn't act like he believed I was doing them.
The stretches in the Mtn Tough app aren't helping. I can do everything they reccomend with zero pain. I have been doing their reccomended stretches and workouts all summer..

I essentially didn't do much this summer other than very light gym work and very minimal outdoor activities. I've been taking collagen, stretching, icing etc. I was starting to feel OK back in September. For what ever reason it's now starting to flair up again.

Is this something it would be beneficial to find a physical therapist for? Find a new doctor? Has anyone battled this and found a fix?

Do you know what created the issue? Was it a full tear, partial tear, or something else? I’ve struggled with Achilles tendonitis for 18 months now and the dr originally thought it was a partial tear. It took over a year to come to the conclusion that I had a blood clot that affected the blood supply to my Achilles and my sural nerve. If you have any numbness in your foot, it can be a sign that you have something else going on. Even if it isn’t something like this, your Achilles gets very limited blood flow which means they are very slow to heal. Stretching when you are having a flare up is not particularly helpful, but anything you can do to promote blood flow is. This includes soaking in warm water or heat pads, using a deep tissue massager on the area around your Achilles, and wearing loose fitting, low top shoes. Once you get the pain level reduced, that’s when you bring back in the stretches and calf raises. I have also found a Mobo Board to be a really good resource. Their website has multiple exercises that promote foot, ankle, and calf strength and flexibility. Wish you luck.

 

[JohnB]

I'm into this a year, my tendinitis is coming back and I don't know what to do.

March/April the doctor confirmed its Achilles tendinitis. The stretches the doctor gave me aren't helping. He didn't act like he believed I was doing them.
The stretches in the Mtn Tough app aren't helping. I can do everything they reccomend with zero pain. I have been doing their reccomended stretches and workouts all summer..

I essentially didn't do much this summer other than very light gym work and very minimal outdoor activities. I've been taking collagen, stretching, icing etc. I was starting to feel OK back in September. For what ever reason it's now starting to flair up again.

Is this something it would be beneficial to find a physical therapist for? Find a new doctor? Has anyone battled this and found a fix?

I haven't dealt with Achilles tendonitis but I would highly recommend seeing a PT as opposed to relying on the exercises from the doc and mtn tough. I'm constantly amazed when I'm dealing with some nagging injury that I've been nursing along for 6 months and a PT is able to get me squared away relatively quickly.

 

[mtnbound]

I'm into this a year, my tendinitis is coming back and I don't know what to do.

March/April the doctor confirmed its Achilles tendinitis. The stretches the doctor gave me aren't helping. He didn't act like he believed I was doing them.
The stretches in the Mtn Tough app aren't helping. I can do everything they reccomend with zero pain. I have been doing their reccomended stretches and workouts all summer..

I essentially didn't do much this summer other than very light gym work and very minimal outdoor activities. I've been taking collagen, stretching, icing etc. I was starting to feel OK back in September. For what ever reason it's now starting to flair up again.

Is this something it would be beneficial to find a physical therapist for? Find a new doctor? Has anyone battled this and found a fix?

I have used Laser therapy for several different injuries and found it to be very effective. I found it so effective that instead of paying for treatment packages from a doctor we bought a home rated unit and whiles it’s not as powerful as the one at the docs office it works. I even used it on our dog who had a nagging injury and the laser treatment worked for him.

 

[Jason Snyder]

What are you doing now that is irritating it?

This. Find the root cause.