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Achilles Tendinopathy – Prevention and Coping

Preventing Achilles Tendinopathy - Adopting preventive measures is the best treatment option for Achilles tendinopathy. Exercising beyond your abilities causes injuries. Strengthen your calf muscles. This enables Achilles tendon and calf to handle any stresses.

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Prevention and Coping with Achilles Tendinopathy

New York (USA), June 17, 2013

Adopting preventive measures is the best treatment option for Achilles tendinopathy. Effective measures include:

1. Choose training program that suits your ability. Every person has specific substantiality level. Exercises should confirm to this ability. Exercising beyond your abilities causes injuries.

2. Although rest is necessary, do not immobilize tendon totally. Simple walking, light stretching exercises, and cross-training schedules prove useful. High-impact and low-impact exercises should be alternated. This reduces pressure on tendon. If pain is unbearable, immobilization is advised.

3. Prepare footwear of good quality and correct size. Shoes should provide adequate support and cushion to tendon while running or exercising. Improper or worn-out footwear injure Achilles tendon.

4. You should always increase duration and intensity of activity level gradually. Avoid strenuous activities like hill running. Stop as soon as you feel pain. Rest and try again slowly. If pain persists, abandon exercise regimen.

5. Strengthen your calf muscles. This enables Achilles tendon and calf to handle any stresses that could commonly occur with exercise and activity.

6. Adopt physiotherapy treatments like hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, soft tissue massage, and joint tissue massage to accelerate healing process. These treatments negate or reduce chances of reoccurrence.

7. If your shoes do not provide necessary support, insert arch supports within. This cushions your tendon and protects heel. This prevents impact and lessens pressure on tendon. Inserting arches in worn-out shoes is also a good way of tackling Achilles tendinopathy.

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