Before I agreed to give my time, talents and money to IM Inc. I had some reservations. First of which, was that I am nursing a bit of a Achilles Tendon issue. I think my tendon issue was a direct use of using the elliptical machine, I like these machines because they get the HR up but don't put the pounding on the body. On the other hand I was having problems with my feet falling asleep while using it. When I would get done with my workouts my AT was really sore the next day but I thought, its got to be the good sore. Well it wasn't. I tried resting it for a good 3 months, but then went back to light running and I was right back to where I was three months prior. I started physical therapy.
Aren't you tired of going to the dentist and the dental hygienist gives you the lecture on flossing? Well I got the Physical Therapist equivalent. I don't like stretching, when I make a concentrated effort to stretch it seems like in the past it didn't help. But the therapist insisted, I complied, it didn't help. I can't touch toes, in fact I am probably a good 8 inches on the bad side of grabbing my little piggies. I was going to therapy at least once a week for about 8 weeks, getting a massage and ultra sounds. Nothing really helped until I got Ionoto treatments (they inject medicine onto a pad and slap it on your tendon and plug the pad into an outlet, and shock it into you.) That seemed to help, although its better its only about 90%. My hope is that good stretching and continuing PT will help me get through.
Aren't you tired of going to the dentist and the dental hygienist gives you the lecture on flossing? Well I got the Physical Therapist equivalent. I don't like stretching, when I make a concentrated effort to stretch it seems like in the past it didn't help. But the therapist insisted, I complied, it didn't help. I can't touch toes, in fact I am probably a good 8 inches on the bad side of grabbing my little piggies. I was going to therapy at least once a week for about 8 weeks, getting a massage and ultra sounds. Nothing really helped until I got Ionoto treatments (they inject medicine onto a pad and slap it on your tendon and plug the pad into an outlet, and shock it into you.) That seemed to help, although its better its only about 90%. My hope is that good stretching and continuing PT will help me get through.
My AT continued to stay tight all throughout my training but they never snapped. I tried to stretch as much as I could but the Tendon to this day is still sore to the touch.
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