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Achilles Injuries Suck....

Saturday, 09 March 2013 00:10

Fix and prevent pain in your Achilles tendon with these stretches and exercises.

By Jordan D. Metzi, MD (for triathlon.competitor.com)

The symptoms

Pain in the back of the heel, the tendon just above it, or possibly up to where the calf muscles form a

The most common injury location is the muscle-tendon junction, where the muscles converge into the tendon. These injuries tend to heal spontaneously, but not as quickly as an injury higher up the leg, in the muscular area, because the blood flow isn