Symptoms of Achilles tendinitis

Achilles tendinitis is also a relatively common type of inflammation. It is a sterile chronic trauma and is often closely related to Achilles tendon strain. When Achilles tendinitis occurs, it will cause patients to experience symptoms of pain and swelling in the Achilles tendon area. Sometimes they are afraid to walk with force, which seriously affects their daily life and work. In addition to regular treatment, they should also emphasize regular care, especially wearing suitable shoes, which can be improved through massage.

Symptoms of Achilles tendinitis

1. Pain: The calf feels tight and painful after any activity. Sometimes the back of the calf hurts when jumping, landing or standing. In severe cases, the calf hurts when walking. 2. Muscle tension and tenderness: There is tenderness around the Achilles tendon. The pain point is not centralized. Nodules or cord-like muscle bundles can be felt, and there is often obvious tenderness here. In the late stage, due to the proliferation and adhesion of surrounding tissues, the Achilles tendon may be felt to thicken, and the calf triceps may feel stiff and tense.

Prevention of Achilles tendinitis

1. Wear comfortable shoes, especially those who engage in heavy physical work or athletes should prevent the local load on the lower limbs from being too concentrated. Pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and alternate the upper and lower limbs to reduce local fatigue, and the overloaded parts can also get rest and relaxation in time. 2. Soak your feet and calves in hot water for about 15 to 20 minutes every night before going to bed. This can promote blood circulation in the lower limb muscles, ligaments and joints, and prevent the occurrence of Achilles tendinitis. 3. Athletes should develop the habit of stepping on each other's posterior thigh muscles and calf muscles to relax after training every day, which can avoid the occurrence of Achilles tendinitis.

Physical therapy

(1) Manual therapy: Have the patient lie on his back, roll up the affected trouser leg above the knee joint, take off the socks, and place a small pillow under the calf. First, treat the calf and Achilles tendon with light massage, kneading, and palm kneading, and repeat about 20 times. At this time, the patient feels warm skin and relaxation of superficial muscles. Then use heavier techniques to push, palm press and fist press the calf muscles, with a little more force, from shallow to deep, to fully relax the deep calf muscles, so as to relieve spasms, relax muscles and promote blood circulation. For deep muscle lumps that have become stiff and cord-like, you can use the tendon separation technique, that is, put the thumbs of both hands together, and push the cord-like lumps to the left and right. The technique should be heavy, 3-5 times, and then straighten the deep muscles along the direction of the muscle fibers. (2) Acupressure can achieve good results in treating Achilles tendinitis by pressing acupoints. The preferred acupoints are Chengshan, Kunlun, Pushen, Shenmai and Taixi. First, press Chengshan with the tip of your thumb, starting from small to large, from shallow to deep, vertically. Continue for about 10 seconds, then gradually relax. Repeat 3-5 times. Then perform acupressure treatment on the remaining acupoints in turn to achieve the purpose of relaxing muscles and tendons, invigorating qi and blood, and relieving pain. (3) Achilles tendon traction method: The purpose of this method is to loosen the tendon tissue that is adhered to the Achilles tendon and relieve the pressure of the adhesion tissue on the nerves and blood vessels distributed in it, so that the pain of the Achilles tendon will naturally be relieved. The method is to let the patient lie on his back with the calf perpendicular to the thigh, and use force to dorsiflex the affected foot to passively stretch the Achilles tendon. At the same time, press the Kunlun point and Taixi point on both sides of the Achilles tendon with your fingers to help loosen the adhesion tissue around the tendon. Repeat this process dozens of times. Finally, hold the ankle joint with one hand and shake the calf with the other hand to end the treatment. Each treatment lasts approximately 30 minutes. After manual treatment, the patient felt relaxed and comfortable in his calf and his Achilles tendon pain was relieved.