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| # Posted 2008-08-30 04:56:04 | |
| bl: | I believe this is treatable/beatable with stretching (partic in am), icing (did you do so right after finishing, since I recall hx of same), heel lifts, maybe even occ night splint for all-night gentle stretch. I've cooled mine off fm time to time with these interventions. Haven't had to resort to splint for yrs, prob because I've been reasonably diligent w/ first 3. |
| # Posted 2008-08-30 19:40:48 | |
| coach: | Every weekday morning I warm up on the rowing machine, as seen in my log, but then I do 30 situps, stretch both hamstings while sitting, do 15 40lb lifts, then 30-60 heel raises and 30 seconds or so of calf stretch on the stair.
I have to admit to hating icing, but I did it yesterday after the run. For awhile I was doing it every evening about a year ago, but I couldn't see any improvement. I stretch the back of my legs about every other day. I am unconvinced about heel lifts. It is true my foot feels better if I have running shoes on, versus barefoot or sandals (the shoes provide a modest heel lift), but to me this just prolongs the situation. It keeps the achilles shortened. I have been thinking of the night splint as it is obvious that my feet are mostly toe down when I am in bed on my back. I too think this is treatable, but it got a bit better in my right achilles a year ago, but my left has gotten worse. |
| # Posted 2008-09-03 15:28:19 | |
| Charlie: | I had a pernicious case of this on one side about 20 years ago, and finally recovered through a diligent icing program. I was using gel icing packs swapped out every 20 minutes or so and basically keeping it iced whenever I was just sitting around at my desk or otherwise not doing something active. It was a bad case that I had for about 3 years, but the icing gradually fixed it over about six months.
Mine started when I was doing a lot of mountain biking and starting over and over trying to master gnarly uphills. I remember one particularly interesting hill on the Brainard map. I kept starting wherever I had last been stopped, and jamming hard with my right foot to get going. It sure got painful. |
| # Posted 2008-09-04 05:23:10 | |
| bl: | Ice is key to reducing inflamm right after use; I used to carry in car if running on the way home fm work. You need to stretch hamstrings alot more than you apparently do. I swear by heel lifts, never being w/o, currently the pr I'm using passes fm one shoe change to the next. I rarely walk barefoot, can't/don't use sandals. If you are at the UNO meet this weekend, we can sit side by side as we ice and compare notes:) |
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