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Achilles heel flare up and 5 weeks to go :-(
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[QUOTE="Gompie32, post: 1133378, member: 107048"] Last year I had problems with my achilles while walking the camino. I was doing pretty well without issues, but two days walking on turmac and longer distances was too much. It was really painful. I thought my camino was over, for sure. That evening in the albergue I talked to some people about it and searched online for some tips. It helped me to continue walking and finish almost pain free! I'm no expert and not sure if all is useful, but this is what I did. - I started taking some ibuprofen for the inflammation - I massaged me calves and bottom of my foot often with tiger balm and arnica (that's what I had in my pack, not sure if that helped or the massaging itself), and a tennisbal to also trigger deeper muscles. I skipped massaging the tendon itself (too painful in the beginning and not sure if I would damage it) - I would cool it with ice every chance I got. This was for me every bar I could find, which also make me take a lot more rest than usual - I put heel raisers in my shoes - Walk slow and on soft surfaces as much as possible (which was hard on the camino in the cities) - Lots of breaks, in bars so I could cool it with ice or somewhere in some grass beside the camini to walk a little barefoot in the grass which also helps with inflammation The best thing is rest, but I didn't allow myself for a long period of restdays. I continued walking. The next day was tough and painful, but as I continued on it got less. After that I got back to my 25 - 30km days and it was OK. Hope your doing better soon! This is what I did and it helped me to continue, but please let a PT with knowledge of this kind of I jury take a look. [/QUOTE]
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