McKenzie
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I tried that yesterday. To avoid contact pressure with the tendon it required a pair that were slightly large which did give me a rather unusual gait but it was better than sandals in the stubble & brambles.
Boots for Achilles tendinitis problems
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McKenzie
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Can you describe exactly how they helped? I’d cheerfully pay that to walk normally again.I have exactly this problem and the solution was getting a pair of kenetrek orthopaedic boots. They are expensive but if you always wear them when on the hill and even dog walking ( throw out wellies!) your problem will subside! It takes some time though.
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It’s a lot of money with the pound crashing but they are great boots and do work. I have two pairs!
Utectok
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Well I have tendinitis in both ankles and arthritis in a big toe. And in desperation I bought these. Basically I was hobbling around after one day stalking. Since then I have only worn these when our stalking or dog walking or hill walking and in town a I wear a pair of rocker bottom shoes (Clark’s wave 2). I think the ankle moves less in these boots and the raised toe helps too. Basically restrictions in ankle movements reduces the stress on you Achilles. Anyway after about 6 months my condition started to get a lot better and now I have the odd twinge but essentially I’m fairly normally mobility wise.
I now have two pairs and the are excellent boots too dry and comfy with terrific support.
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Utectok
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Wellies caused it in the first place for me!! I have a brand new fancy pair hardly worn now
ChesterP
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I had this a few years back as well as knee and hip pain, and whilst visiting a chiropractor, he suggested that many cases were not down to foot wear necessarily but to joints out of line mostly due to misaligned pelvis caused by spinal injuries or disease. He wired up sensors on both legs and ankles and had me walk on a treadmill with a pressure gauge built in whilst videoing the walk and produced a 3 D computer model which clearly showed major pelvis misalignment due to a spinal issue. He made up some shoe inserts for me which I have to wear with all shoes and boots now, and problem went away within a few weeks and haven't suffered tendonitis since. Worth getting things like this checked out. Basically, they realign the pelvis by putting an angle to the instep (raising it) to a prescribed amount thus reducing stress and wear on all the joints to the pelvis, and allowing tendons to run smoothly instead of being pinched.
I always go to Altberg now for my boots as their Tethra range are well padded in the ankle area and they do various width fittings. Comfy as slippers and even when the tendons were a bit tender, these remained comfortable and didn't picj the Achilles as badly as some.
I always go to Altberg now for my boots as their Tethra range are well padded in the ankle area and they do various width fittings. Comfy as slippers and even when the tendons were a bit tender, these remained comfortable and didn't picj the Achilles as badly as some.
My podiatrist suggested looking at the Oxford Uni studies on the subject....so I goggled it...
oxford university achilles tendonopathy
oxford university achilles tendonopathy
I completely severed both achilles tendons in a machine accident 5 years ago. Not ideal.
I find my meindle dovre extremes and deditos wearable and still manage to go grouse beating in them. Anatoms rannochs and any chainsaw type rigid boot a complete no go. Harkila do a soft boot with a toggle tie up system that maybe worth a go
I find my meindle dovre extremes and deditos wearable and still manage to go grouse beating in them. Anatoms rannochs and any chainsaw type rigid boot a complete no go. Harkila do a soft boot with a toggle tie up system that maybe worth a go
I lived with heel pain for three years. It got so bad that at times I was, literally, dragging my leg behind me. I tried the doctor, two physios and a podiatrist and nobody could help. I had almost just resigned myself to the fact I was going to have to live with it.
As a last gasp attempt I tried a different podiatrist and they told me I had tendinitis and bursitis. Put me on a 12 week programme and I am now nearly 100% and back to running 8 miles a week.
This is a long way of suggesting that rather than find boots that don't hurt get yourself some good advice from a podiatrist.
As a last gasp attempt I tried a different podiatrist and they told me I had tendinitis and bursitis. Put me on a 12 week programme and I am now nearly 100% and back to running 8 miles a week.
This is a long way of suggesting that rather than find boots that don't hurt get yourself some good advice from a podiatrist.
McKenzie
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An interesting observation.
As mentioned above I currently have recently developed Achilles tendon problems in my left ankle & it has been extremely painful, to the point where I dread having to take the dog out even for a short walk. Last week I had to see a consultant about another unrelated matter & I was instructed to take a short course of Prednisone. Within 12 hours I could sprint up stairs again, put weight on the balls of my feet & glide across the roughest of ground effortlessly & most importantly actually do the exercises that the physio has given me.
A happy coincidence, although I’m nervous about what will happen as the dose reduces.
As mentioned above I currently have recently developed Achilles tendon problems in my left ankle & it has been extremely painful, to the point where I dread having to take the dog out even for a short walk. Last week I had to see a consultant about another unrelated matter & I was instructed to take a short course of Prednisone. Within 12 hours I could sprint up stairs again, put weight on the balls of my feet & glide across the roughest of ground effortlessly & most importantly actually do the exercises that the physio has given me.
A happy coincidence, although I’m nervous about what will happen as the dose reduces.
mmm i just cam e off a years worth of staging down doses of prednisolone for Polymyalgia ...... yup if same stuff it was summit else ..... take the stuff and wow! all pains gone.... but couple times after staging down for a day or so you would feel niggles but they went ..... i was a year and a bit then off and no reoccurence of polymyalgia symptoms
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