Achilles Tendinopathy – Part 3

Now is the time to try and add some recoil and spring back to your Achilles. By doing the below exercise you are putting pressure through your Achilles. This is a good thing but should only be done after graduating the steps of your rehab. Start small and increase the...

Achilles Tendinopathy – Part 2

Variety is key with loading your tendons, so today I wanted to show you some another exercise which works your Achilles tendon, whilst eccentrically (lengthening) loading it. This exercise also has the beauty of adding what we call a proprioception (Balance)...

Achilles Tendinopathy – Part 1

In this blog Dr Matt Cooper (Osteopath) has some simple evidence based advise about Achilles tendinopathies. You may have heard of the term tendinitis, particularly in areas such as the Achilles. We don’t use this term anymore, simple because the inflammatory process...