BEST WAY TO AVOID OR TREAT ACHILLES TENDONITIS
You wouldn't wish
Achilles tendonitis on anyone, let alone yourself. It's a real
pain in the neck.
Help is on the way
Achilles tendonitis is
not caused by a lack of rubbing, heating, freezing, ointment,
strapping or doping.
It's usually caused by
tight calf muscles.
The most effective way
of avoiding or treating the problem is the incline board.
All it takes is a 4"X4:
block of wood and some chipboard, set up sow the board slopes
back into a wall.
It takes a bit of
maneuvering to stand on it, but once there, relax and gradually
let gravity do the work.
How often? Twice or
three times a day. How long? 5 minutes at a time.
The best place to set
it up is at work. You can stand on the board while making phone
calls or reading documents.
You may like to get
some inserts for your shoes, running and those you wear to work
and around the place.
I suggest an arch support and a gel heel insert.
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If you're fair dinkum about
avoiding or treating Achilles tendonitis I recommend you get the book 'Fix
Achilles Pain'.
The causes
What I’m about to give you is firstly information about the likely
causes of Achilles tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, calf and shin pain. I
suspect there is more than one cause.
The exercises
Secondly, I’ll show you some of the key exercises you need to do to get
you Achilles, sole of the feet, calves and shins back into a pain-free
state.
The therapy
Thirdly I’ll outline a strategy designed to get you back into action as
quickly as possible. This strategy will rely on an intensive rehab
program and the synergistic effect of a wide range of modalities and
actions you can take. A few percentage points here, a few percentage
points there will all mount up toward quickly restoring poor function to
good.
In a long (and not all that distinguished) athletic career I’ve
experienced Achilles tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, calf and shin pain
myself, on numerous occasions so I know that getting rid of the
dysfunctions underlying these conditions can be a tough assignment.
Certainly it’s going to require some bio-mechanical adjustments, some of
which you can do yourself and some requiring the expertise of
therapists.
There is work to be done to square your feet up so when they strike the
ground they’re not putting undue pressure on your Achilles, calves and
shins. For that you may need inserts or orthotics and good shoes.
There may be work that needs to be done to square up your legs and
pelvis. You’ll need to do that yourself.
And then there are the passive palliative treatments, anti-inflammatory
medication, massage, physio, acupuncture, Bowen therapy, ice, heat,
strengthening and stretching.
It’s all a bit tricky and it could take longer than you’d like, but bit
by bit there’s a good chance you’ll gradually be able to restore poor
function to good.
And finally, to reinforce the point, the fix will probably come from the
synergistic effect of a whole lot of things you do.
That's the secret to dramatically reducing Achilles tendon, plantar
fasciitis’ calf and shin pain.
The Fix Achilles Tendonitis, Plantar Fasciitis, Calf and Shin Pain ebook
is a part of the Global Back
Care series of ebooks. I’d encourage you to obtain a copy of the Fix
Back Pain ebook. It contains a more detailed outline of the nature of
musculo-skeletal pain and more detailed descriptions of the exercises
designed to get your body back into better alignment.
In the meantime stay tuned,
highly tuned and remember, it's a big asking to get better by having
someone do something to you, sooner or later you have to do something to
yourself..
John Miller
Miller Health Pty ltd
7 Salvado Place Stirling
ACT Australia 2611.
- 61 424 391 749
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