do i have achilles tendonitis? or something else? high ankle sprain??

[Go Raptors!]

i don't really know what i have. but here's my history. never really see the exact descrption of my
injury on-line.

got into running a few years ago and it really helped me lose weight and get healthier (went from
one lap of field to completing half marathon in less than a year).

18 months ago, i ruptured my achilles playing soccer and have been rehabbing it ever since.

got back into running the last nine months, but am getting affected by chronic pain in the lower leg
(of my achilles injured foot), on the outside at the back, or just to the outside of my achilles (on
vertical scale, halfway between where achilles feels like a cord and where the calf is most
pronounced. just feels very tight on the outside back and really feel a chronic pain if i push off
on my toes or if i turn my foot aggressively to the inside (more just feeling for the spot.

a few other things:

i suppinate quite severely on that foot and got special orthodic but don't really use it as it is
too hard. use off-the-shelf heel life type product.

i'm fairly heavy for running (6'2 and 260 lb's - but like the running for weight maintenance).

i did have this feel sometimes before the ruptured achilles, so maybe i'm just out of practice, but
it doesn't seem to want to go away.

basically, need to know whether to rest the lower leg or to strengthen it through exercise.

any thoughts??

thanks, steve

[Bill]

"go raptors!" <smchant22@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:70f1961b.0312141748.327398a0@posting.google.com...
> i don't really know what i have. but here's my history. never really see the exact descrption of
> my injury on-line.
>
> got into running a few years ago and it really helped me lose weight and get healthier (went from
> one lap of field to completing half marathon in less than a year).
>
> 18 months ago, i ruptured my achilles playing soccer and have been rehabbing it ever since.
>
> got back into running the last nine months, but am getting affected by chronic pain in the
> lower leg (of my achilles injured foot), on the outside at the back, or just to the outside of
> my achilles (on vertical scale, halfway between where achilles feels like a cord and where the
> calf is most pronounced. just feels very tight on the outside back and really feel a chronic
> pain if i push off on my toes or if i turn my foot aggressively to the inside (more just
> feeling for the spot.
>
> a few other things:
>
> i suppinate quite severely on that foot and got special orthodic but don't really use it as it is
> too hard. use off-the-shelf heel life type product.
>
> i'm fairly heavy for running (6'2 and 260 lb's - but like the running for weight maintenance).
>
> i did have this feel sometimes before the ruptured achilles, so maybe i'm just out of practice,
> but it doesn't seem to want to go away.
>
> basically, need to know whether to rest the lower leg or to strengthen it through exercise.
>
First one, then the other?

Esp. strengthen achilles in eccentric contraction.

> any thoughts??
>
> thanks, steve

[The Messiah]

smchant22@yahoo.com (go raptors!) wrote in message
news:<70f1961b.0312141748.327398a0@posting.google.com>... f my inj> i don't really know what i have.

Mental illness.

[Foot_pain_guru]

The Achilles tendon is the single strongest tendon in the human body. The primary function of the
Achilles tendon is to transmit the power of the calf to the foot resulting in the ability to move us
forward, allow us to jump, dance; you name it. If it has to do with motion, the Achilles tendon is a
part of that activity. Occasionally the Achilles tendon looses the ability to keep up with us and
the tendon becomes inflammed resulting in Achilles tendonitis. This article discusses the onset,
symptoms and treatment of Achilles tendonitis. Achilles tendon ruptures are also discussed.

Acute Achilles tendonitis typically has a abrupt onset with achiness 2-3 cm proximal to its'
insertion on the back of the heel. Most individuals with Achilles tendonitis can describe an injury
or single event that initiated the pain. Symptoms of acute Achilles tendonitis occur at the
beginning of an activity and are typically described as a sharp pain. As the activity progresses,
the pain decreases for a period of time. With excessive use, the tendon again becomes painful at the
end of activity. For example, runners with Achilles tendonitis experience pain as they begin their
run. The pain subsides during their run only to recur near the end of their normal running distance.

Chronic Achilles tendonitis exhibits the same type of pain as acute Achilles tendonitis but the
location of the pain is usually at the insertion of the Achilles tendon into the heel. Chronic
Achilles tendonitis can also cause hypertrophy (enlargement) of the posterior heel. Pain may be from
the tendon pulling away from the heel, or from the enlargement of the heel rubbing against the shoe.
This bony enlargement of the back of the heel goes by many names including retrocalcaneal bursitis,
pump bump or Haglund's Deformity. The difference between Achilles tendonitis and a pump bump can
easily be understood by evaluating the pain while barefoot (Achilles tendonitis) compared to pain
while wearing shoes with an enclosed heel (pump bump).

http://plantar-fasciitis.org/achilles_tendonitis.php

[Maxaluminum]

smchant22@yahoo.com (go raptors!) wrote in message news:<70f1961b.0312141748.327398a0@posting.google.com>...
> i don't really know what i have. but here's my history. never really see the exact descrption of
> my injury on-line.
>
> got into running a few years ago and it really helped me lose weight and get healthier (went from
> one lap of field to completing half marathon in less than a year).
>
> 18 months ago, i ruptured my achilles playing soccer and have been rehabbing it ever since.
>
> got back into running the last nine months, but am getting affected by chronic pain in the
> lower leg (of my achilles injured foot), on the outside at the back, or just to the outside of
> my achilles (on vertical scale, halfway between where achilles feels like a cord and where the
> calf is most pronounced. just feels very tight on the outside back and really feel a chronic
> pain if i push off on my toes or if i turn my foot aggressively to the inside (more just
> feeling for the spot.
>
> a few other things:
>
> i suppinate quite severely on that foot and got special orthodic but don't really use it as it is
> too hard. use off-the-shelf heel life type product.
>
> i'm fairly heavy for running (6'2 and 260 lb's - but like the running for weight maintenance).
>
> i did have this feel sometimes before the ruptured achilles, so maybe i'm just out of practice,
> but it doesn't seem to want to go away.
>
> basically, need to know whether to rest the lower leg or to strengthen it through exercise.
>
> any thoughts??
>
> thanks, steve

I developed a tear in my Achiles following a period of excessive stretching and running lots of
miles pushing off too far back in my stride. I just want to add a vote in saying that stretching can
cause you plenty of trouble even though the so called experts would say otherwise. Rodney Peete
ruptured his Achiles when he played for the Lions and the other leg earlier in college. He rehabbed
himself after surgery by concentrating on strengthening rather than stretching (tearing). I think
this is the way to go.