Achilles injury and diet
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4th Apr '04, 8:07am
Hi everyone. I'm not a sports person, as such, but I do a lot of walking in my work (4 - 5 hours outside a day), and over the past year or so have sustained what everyone tells me is an Achilles injury. When I sit for any period of time, the area between my ankle bone and calf stiffens up so that when I first get up to walk I'm crippled until I loosen it off again. My question is this - does anyone know of dietary means of strengthening this area. I've seen the advice on exercise for it, but this is aimed at runners, and since I do very little of that to start with I wasn't sure if that would add to the injury. I can walk for miles, and do every day. I wear trainers most of the time. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
PS I'm a woman in my 40's.
Achilles injury and diet
5th Apr '04, 8:22am
Hiya
Your achilles tendon sounds like its complaining of a bit of overuse.
Although you are not running you are using your calves heavily in your walking, especially since you mention they are of long duration and frequent.
I would suggest having a couple of days off walking intensively to rest it and stretch out your calves . It sounds like they need time to recover.
An additional option is to go and find a good sports massage therapist who can work it and give it a good stretch. Can work wonders - i promise!
Re: Achilles injury and diet
14th Apr '04, 3:11am
Yeah there are many things that can be done nutritionally. In fact I often find that most of these kinds of injury are long standing nutritional problems that are aggravated by physical activity.
The most common problem is associated with what is known as a hypoadrenia. This is a condition that is derived from an excessive level of stress (be it emotional or nutritional) for an extended period of time. (I'm talking years)
In addition to this, there are often many other accompanying symptoms such as Hot flushes, sugar cravings, mood swings glare from the sun hurting eyes period irregularities/discomfort etc... The biggest problem comes with correcting it. Structurally and neurologically there are many things that can be done. Nutritionally we are somewhat limited, but it is just as important.
1 - No sweats, cakes, biscuits diet drinks or caffeine.
2 - Supplement with vitamin B5/6 2 per day taken in the morning and between 3-4 in the afternnon.
3 - Avoid pep-up drinks such as guarana and red bull.
Start with this.