Painful ankle?

Read this new guide for the prevention and treatment of achilles tendinitis - as recommended by The Daily Telegraph

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"After injurying my Achilles playing soccer I purchased Achilles Tendinitis - Prevention and Treatment. I was amazed at how much information was presented. It has helped my recovery from my injury and has given me great tips on prevention" - Mike Arias, Keen Sports Participant, USA.

 

 

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Achilles tendinitis is a painful and debilitating injury with sometimes serious consequences. It can become so severe that many athletes undertake surgery to correct the condition.

There are, however, some common misconceptions about the condition.

A new book, Achilles Tendinitis - Prevention and Treatment explains the causes of the injury, how to avoid it and gives exercises to get an injured ankle fully functional once more. The recommended retail price of this invaluable guide is $59.99, but we are making it available to you for only $39.99!

Take these three steps to recovery

The exercises contained in Achilles Tendinitis - Prevention and Treatment work on the injured ankle in order to:

1. Strengthen muscles involved in the injury to be just as strong as the unaffected side
2. Regain full proprioception (joint position sense)
3. Regain power and co-ordination of all sports specific movements

Achilles tendinitis - clinical facts

Achilles tendinitis is a loose term used to describe the pain, swelling, and tenderness usually experienced in the area 2cm to 6cm above the insertion of the tendon into the heel bone.

Around two thirds of Achilles tendon injuries in competitive athletes are incidents of inflammation. When the term 'tendinitis' is used in a clinical context, however, it refers to tendon degeneration without associated inflammation. This may lead athletes and their coaches to underestimate the chronic nature of the condition. Although surgery is sometimes used to correct this injury, Achilles Tendinitis - Prevention and Treatment raises important questions about the effectiveness of surgical procedure.

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Assessing risk: the likelihood of injury increases with the number of years of running, the training pace and the weekly mileage. Achilles tendinitis is an overuse injury. The longer you have been running, the more likely you are to suffer and the condition is most commonly seen in male recreational runners between 35 and 45.

As described below, the way we run can affect the Achilles tendon and this needs to be analysed.

How the way we run can cause injury: running consists of a co-ordinated set of joint movements: foot down, cushioning phase, push-off and toe-off. The joints work together, cushion the impact and then propel the body forward. If this chain of co-ordinated joint movements has a weak link, then other parts of the chain have to compensate and excess stress can occur. An analysis of the running biomechanics of running shows exactly how, when and to what extent the muscles work during the phases of running and reveals how inefficient biomechanics can cause injury.

A common misunderstanding about muscle activity: the nature of leg muscle activity when you start running at push-off is quite the opposite of what you might expect to happen.

In fact, the muscles - quadriceps, gastrocnemius, soleus, anterior tibialis, gluteus maximus, and hip abductors - are not active during the push-off phase. They only become active just before foot-down to prepare the body for impact with the ground.

The muscles act to provide a stiffness to the joints in order to control the landing. Only the hamstrings and adductors are active during the push-off phase. Contrary to what many believe about running muscles, the energy from the push comes from the tendons and not from active contractions of the muscles.

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Rear foot pronation and ankle strength: research found that, after looking at a whole host of factors, a greater degree of rear-foot pronation and reduced ankle-muscle strength were strongly associated with Achilles tendinitis.

This means runners need to develop sufficient strength in the ankle muscles and use specific conditioning and running technique exercises to control excessive pronation of the rear foot. You'll find these exercises described in Achilles Tendinitis - Prevention and Treatment.

The causes of Achilles tendinitis: research has indicated insufficient strength of the gastrocnemius, soleus and anterior tibialis, and specifically insufficient eccentric strength, will result in poor control of the dorsiflexion and pronation during the foot-down and cushioning phases of running. If these movements are not controlled, particularly the velocity of pronation, then this can cause an excessive whipping of the Achilles tendon as the foot strikes the ground and the knee rolls forward over the foot, which may result in injury.

The hip may also cause problems for the lower leg and Achilles tendon. This is an example of how the whole leg chain is dependent on all the links working correctly. If one area, such as the hip, does not perform its correct function, then other areas are adversely affected.

Functional exercises for the Achilles

The key to making a full recovery from any injury is not just corrective treatment and healing, but also re-strengthening and rejoining co-ordination of the joint and all the movements it is involved with.

The exercises given in Achilles Tendinitis - Prevention and Treatment develop specific strength in the ankle muscles that are immediately related to Achilles tendinitis, and also the rest of the leg and the pelvis to promote a good and efficient running style.

The purpose of these functional exercises is to strengthen the leg muscles in a similar manner to the way they work during running and to target the eccentric strength of the gastrocnemius, soleus and anterior tibialis. Exercises given in Achilles Tendinitis - Prevention and Treatment include prevention and strengthening programmes for the leg and ankle:

Ankle to toe walks
• Heel walks
• Heel drop and calf raise
• One-leg knee bends
• Dynamic one-leg knee bends
• Dynamic ankle jogging

Guidance is given for how many sets and repetitions are required.

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This new book is covered by our 'no risk' guarantee: if you don't find the advice and exercise programmes contained in Achilles Tendinitis - Prevention and Treatment help prevent and resolve your condition you'll receive a full refund on request.

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"As someone recovering from Achilles Tendinitis the stretches were extremely helpful. I gave the book to my personal trainer who found it very useful too."

^{Joanne Thatcher, Keen Sports Participant, USA.}