pain in the left achilles
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pain in the left achilles
Postby Chaderotti » Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:40 pm
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Re: pain in the left achilles
Postby ValleyForge » Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:20 pm
Looka at Wikipedia under enthesitis. There is a whole range of them - tennis elbow is probably the best known.
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Re: pain in the left achilles
Postby scotto » Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:37 am
sometimes !! BAN ME NOW FOR SWEARING !! happens and you may have just strained your calf/achilles. since its not acute now ( ie after first 24hours) heat and stretch - low load, long duration stretching is best where theres an injury like this.
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Re: pain in the left achilles
Postby jules21 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:54 am
how did nick riewoldt tear his hamstring? he's been playing footy for years and it's never happened, so why would it happen this year? because s**t happens - it's wear and tearscotto wrote:if its never happened before and i assume u must ride a bit, why adjust your seat height or pedals....??
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Re: pain in the left achilles
Postby scotto » Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:58 am
and puts the pressure somewhere else.... hello patello-femoral pain !toolonglegs wrote:I am not sure of the cause...could be a few things.But lowering your saddle and pulling your cleats further back on the shoe does take pressure off you achilles.
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Re: pain in the left achilles
Postby jules21 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:06 am
having said that, i had the same problem and was advised by my physio to lower the seat as well.
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Re: pain in the left achilles
Postby nescius » Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:50 pm
Is there any swelling or crepitus? If yes then it sounds like tendinosis, so you need to rest that sucker, apply plenty of ice and see a physio asap. I developed tendinosis on the GVBR last year and it took months to recoverChaderotti wrote:105 km ride yesterday, woke up this morning with a sore left achilles. Any ideas?
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Re: pain in the left achilles
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Re: pain in the left achilles
Postby Chaderotti » Tue Jul 13, 2010 4:01 pm
Until then I'll take it easy
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Re: pain in the left achilles
Postby scotto » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:45 am
i'm not a big fan of changing things that have worked for ages just because of one little hiccup.jules21 wrote:scotto i just noticed you are a sports physio so perhaps your diagnosis trumps my one of "s**t happens"
having said that, i had the same problem and was advised by my physio to lower the seat as well.
i have seen a lot of achilles injuries that are unrelated to sports, let alone cycling seat height.
if youve been riding a while and havent changed your set-up, we can assume its all pretty well OK. it makes no sense to change it (in the long-term) because of an injury that in all likelihood may be mostly unrelated. The best course of action in such cases is unfortunately a bit of rest from whatever aggrivates the pain, and a visit to your physio for some specific but simple exercises to force the bosy to repair the tissue damage, generally by way of what we call eccentric loading exercises.
anyway, i think your diagnosis of !! BAN ME NOW FOR SWEARING !! happens is accurate !
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