Achilles Pain
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18th Feb '04, 2:41am
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone had information on this...I used to have acute Achilles pain until three years ago. My podiatrist designed orthodics for me to wear. These helped greatly! However, I am back at square one and panicking! I'm not sure what the culprit is at this point. I started lifting weights and was attending a class at my gym which incorporated lunges. (I think these brought the pain back!) However, because of some knee pain, my doctor lifted the orthodic on the same side as the bad Achilles. I'm not sure which is the problem, but I am going nuts because I have a marathon for which I am training, and it's with Team-n-Training (Leukemia Society)...Besides ice, what do I do? Am I going to have to stop for a couple of weeks? If so, this is going to knock my long runs out of wack!
Re: Achilles Pain
21st Feb '04, 3:31am
If you can't walk briskly with little or no pain for a mile, don't run. You can run with slight pain, but if it worsens as you run, stop. If your injury is getting worse from day to day, take some time off. Don't run if pain makes you limp or otherwise alters your form. The wall lean stretching exercise sometimes helps the Achilles Tendon. Above all, don't do anymore lunges..EVER!
Achilles Pain
5th Mar '04, 1:23pm
You will normally find with achilles pains (or tendonitis/tendonosis) that something different has changed in your training, which puts additionally stress on the tendon. e.g new trainers, longer distance, different running platform (e.g from road to grass), or as you stated you had the orthotics raised, which would affect the length of the achilles. My suggestion could be expensive but would be better in the long run;
Go and see a specialist about your knee problem and get to the root cause, rather than using a raised orthotic. This is only a way around the problem and not resolving the initial underlying problem. You may find the knee problem is down to underdeveloped glutes, or tight hamstrings etc. This way you will correct the knee problem, and may be able to get rid of the orthotics, and cure your achilles at the same time.
Short answer is, probably the raisded orthotic has brought on the achilles pain!