Running With Achilles Tendonitis

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I'm compelled to write my first YouTube comment ever, because this is simply one of the best, most organized, and informationally rich health advice recordings , that clearly evolved from client bases pain and recovery experience.. It get right the big question and hits all of the pain points,offering warning flags to monitor, potential solutions, and the confidence to get through it, while minimizing additional training risk. Thank you for this tremendous piece of work. And, Happy Running!

3 years I stopped for, just cycled. I’m finally confident enough to start again. Hopefully all goes well. I’m sticking to flat routes. My wife used to massage the lump on my tendon, wow, AGONY. Lumps gone now.

This is life saving for me!

this video is amazing i’ve been struggling with this for 3+ years after jus rolling my ankle and not letting it heal but watching this video helps so much

Best Video about Achilles problems !

Brilliant advice!

Great advice again! The part about pain not being a true indicator of damage was especially interesting. I must admit, when I first pulled back on my running to recover from tendonitis I assumed my body would lose its fitness immediately. However, after a few months of tendon strength training and cross training with bike and swim (and by not letting the diet slip too much!) I am pleasantly surprised to find I can now reincorporate 2-3 shorter runs into my week without any real ill affect on my tendons. It's still mentally difficult to not just start doing 10k twice a day again, but that's likely what caused my issues to begin with, so I will keep telling myself to be good and concentrate on long term benefits!

This is a really great video, by far the best I’ve seen for Achilles injury’s, I was running 40k weeks over the summer then in September started a sub-18 minute 5k training program which was 70k a week with 2 harder intensity workouts, I did this with no strength training and by the end of October started to feel a discomfort in my left Achilles that was recurring, probably a 2/3 out of 10 pain wise, I took last week easy and started to do strength exercises and now this week I’m slowly getting back into it, so this video is exactly what I need in knowing what intensity to go for, I did a easy 10k yesterday and woken up today with no stiffness or discomfort so I know I’m safe for another easy 10k this morning, thank you!!!!!

Thanks for the video! I am ten weeks ago from my aspired sub 3 marathon on a flat course, but since last week an achilles tendon injury has reared its ugly head (i had it four years ago too, i only recovered after seeing a fysiotherapist and starting exercises). I have probably overdone the speed work sessions, unfortunately. I will see a fysiotherapist tomorrow to assess the severity of the injury. Finished a long run of 13 miles (instead of the scheduled 18 miles) at very low speed yesterday. Your advice helped me, because the pain i experienced is undoubtably present (as well as the stiffness), but bearable (at least, for now..). This video gives me hope - two or three short easy runs per week on soft ground might keep the injury under control. But one has to stay realistic, of course.

Priceless advice for a newbie (avid) trail runner, thank you.

Thank you for this video! It was very informative.

Hi there, I really appreciate there’s a channel dedicated to Achilles tendon issues. I’ve been suffering from it the last 6 months after getting back into soccer after sitting out during Covid. Your site is very informative and resourceful. Thank you for offering detail views and explanations from both clinicians and patients points of view. Unbiased, fact based, and most of all helpful.

When I'm in South Africa, I enjoy running fast on the grass in the park 😁👍

Wealth of knowledge ❤

Thank you so much for your videos, they’ve been incredibly helpful! I’ve suffered from Achilles pain training for a marathon from ramping up the mileage too quickly.

Brilliant!

Excellent advice!

So helpful. Thank you !

Hello Maryke, I just developed soreness on my Achilles the other day after a hilly long run and if it weren't for all this valuable information.. I would be in huge trouble. Thank you so much!