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Q&A: What can I do about pain that goes up my leg from the back of my heel?

Posted September 5th, 2007 at 1:15 PM by Martha Jones

Section: Running & Training, Injury & Rehab, Health & Fitness, Injury & Rehab

achilles-tendinitisYou’re describing Achilles tendinitis, pain the large tendon that extends from in the back of your heel to your calf muscle. It hurts most when you get up in the morning and when you start to walk or run. It will heal only if you stop running and find another sport that doesn’t hurt when you do it, such as cycling, swimming, or pulling on a rowing machine.

The Achilles tendon is made up of thousands of individual fibers, like a rope with thousand of strands. The fibers can be broken if you apply a force greater than their inherent strength. No medicines hasten healing.

As soon as the tendon stops hurting, doctors usually prescribe strengthening exercises, but you have to exercise against greater resistance to become strong and strong resistance prevents healing.

If you want to return to running or jogging, start out by . . .
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Achilles Tendinitis: Causes, symptoms, and treatments

Posted March 15th, 2007 at 1:00 PM by Martha Jones

Section: Running & Training, Injury & Rehab, Health & Fitness, Injury & Rehab

achilles-tendinitis.jpgAchilles tendinitis means you feel pain in the large tendon that extends from in the back of your heel to your calf muscle.

It hurts most when you get up in the morning and when you start to walk or run. It will heal only if you stop running and find another sport that doesn’t hurt when you do it, such as cycling, swimming, or pulling on a rowing machine.

The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in the human body and can withstand forces of 1,000 pounds or more. But it also the most frequently ruptured tendon. The Achilles tendon is made up of thousands of individual fibers, like a rope with thousand of threads.

The fibers are broken by applying a force greater than their inherent strength. No medicines hasten healing. As soon as the tendon stops hurting, doctors usually prescribe strengthening exercises, but you have to exercise against greater resistance to become strong and strong resistance prevents healing.
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Plantar Fasciitis: A Dreaded Injury for Runners and Other Athletes

Posted October 26th, 2006 at 4:00 AM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: Running & Training, Injury & Rehab, Health & Fitness, Injury & Rehab

heelplantar.gifOne of the most common injuries in tennis and jogging is plantar fascitis (plantar fasciitis), pain on the bottom of the heel.

A band of tissue called the plantar fascia extends from your five toes, along the bottom of your foot to attach on the bottom of your heel.

When you run, you land on your heel and raise yourself on your toes as you shift your weight to your other foot, causing all your weight to be held up by your plantar fascia. Such repetitive force can tear the fascia from its attachment on your heel.

Several factors increase force on the fascia, such as shoes that have stiff soles that do not bend in the right place just behind the ball of your big toe, shoes that are too wide for your feet, running too fast for the present strength of your plantar fascia, or not allowing enough time to recover between fast workouts. Read the rest of this entry »


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