After 18 months of struggling with Achilles tendinopathy, Strong Women editor Miranda Larbi finally decided to hang up her running shoes for a month. The break, she claims, has been transformational.
A year ago, I ran the London Marathon. It was my second time on the course, and after 18 months of cancelled races and failed marathon cycles, there was no way I was going to miss out. It didn’t matter that I couldor that each training run had to start with a coffee and two painkillers.
The Achilles tendons are the longest, strongest tendons in the body; they connect the calf muscle to the back of the ankle and you need them if you want to walk, run or jump. Because they don’t have a very good blood supply, however, they tend to be vulnerable to injury. If you run too much, for example,I’ve got two sizeable lumps on the back of my ankles – signs of inflammation that don’t seem to get any smaller.
Achilles tendon issues are common among runners... but how many of us actively try to avoid them or make the pain better?
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