-Luke-
Member
I've had this problem for a few weeks/months now. When I get up in the morning I can barely walk for the first few steps and have to tiptoe around slowly for a minute or so. The same thing happens after I have been sitting for a long time - or not even hours on end, half an hour is enough.
I used to have this problem in the past, when I was still running and doing other sports. Back then I read about an exercise that was pretty effective. It's basically calf raises on an elevated surface, but with focus on the slow eccentric instead of the concentric phase. After doing that every day, the pain was more or less gone within three or four days and the effect would last for a while. I've tried that again and it brings some relief, but not really longer-term like it used to be.
I thought about shining red light directly on the tendons to see if it helps. Another idea I had was so called "flossing", basically restricting blood flow to the area for a while to increase it afterwards. But I haven't tried any of that yet.
Does anyone else have an idea what it could be or what could help? Thank you!
I used to have this problem in the past, when I was still running and doing other sports. Back then I read about an exercise that was pretty effective. It's basically calf raises on an elevated surface, but with focus on the slow eccentric instead of the concentric phase. After doing that every day, the pain was more or less gone within three or four days and the effect would last for a while. I've tried that again and it brings some relief, but not really longer-term like it used to be.
I thought about shining red light directly on the tendons to see if it helps. Another idea I had was so called "flossing", basically restricting blood flow to the area for a while to increase it afterwards. But I haven't tried any of that yet.
Does anyone else have an idea what it could be or what could help? Thank you!