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  1. My Achilles Has a History– Am I Doing the Right Thing?

    In his defense...when I In his defense...when I started seeing him in July, I told him I was healed. Because I was or am or who knows. He did look at the AT and that's when he proclaimed it to be normal. I only just now started to notice my AT again after my first two BF runs. Like I said it...
  2. My Achilles Has a History– Am I Doing the Right Thing?

    I read the no stretch article I read the no stretch article and it pretty much confirmed what I aready think about stretching. What about the foam roller? Is that a safe option for the calf? I was also thinking about a trigger point set. My doc looked at my AT via ultrasound about 6 weeks ago...
  3. My Achilles Has a History– Am I Doing the Right Thing?

    See that's another area where See that's another area where the info is conflicted. You hear "don't stretch, rest it" on the one hand. Then on the other you hear that rest alone will never clear up tendinosis. Acute tendonitis, yes. But chronic tendinosis...no. The heel drops are supposed to...
  4. My Achilles Has a History– Am I Doing the Right Thing?

    Thanks TJ. I'm starting to Thanks TJ. I'm starting to think that my AT is just permanently compromised. It's not inflamed or hurting with activity. It just is a little sore when pressed in certain way sor when I foam roll it. It's just not the same and I don't know if it will ever regain the...
  5. My Achilles Has a History– Am I Doing the Right Thing?

    Thank you for your balanced Thank you for your balanced response, Nick. I do like the BFR feeling and I want it to work for me. I'm just having a hard time deciding which way to commit. As far as a shortened calf/achilles, I do stay barefoot as much as possible for general purposes. I have...
  6. My Achilles Has a History– Am I Doing the Right Thing?

    From Feb to Sept of 2010 I From Feb to Sept of 2010 I ran pain free in shoes. I say pain free because I had no pain with any activity. There has always been certain vaguely tender spots in the AT/calf that are sore if I foam roll of poke hard in a certain way. But I was running up to 6 miles at...
  7. My Achilles Has a History– Am I Doing the Right Thing?

    The fire is there- I love to The fire is there- I love to run and want it badly. But I'm starting to think BFR may not be for me. Last year at this time I tried a brief foray into barefoot. I was doing 2 or 3/10ths of a mile to start, every 3 days or so. I was also trying to learn POSE. After...
  8. My Achilles Has a History– Am I Doing the Right Thing?

    I know it won't be easy. It's I know it won't be easy. It's been a year. I realize that in the big picture, this isn't very long. But sometimes I can't help but wonder if God is trying to tell me running is out of the picture. And I question why I feel like need running to be happy. I know I...
  9. My Achilles Has a History– Am I Doing the Right Thing?

    Yes, I do believe injuries Yes, I do believe injuries are complex and mutli-dimensional. However, it's not like I can eliminate all stress from my life just because I want to. I have 3 small kids. I eat a reduced carb diet, take supplements, do the best I can to be healthy. I get 7-8 hrs of...
  10. My Achilles Has a History– Am I Doing the Right Thing?

    I'm thinking about giving up. I'm thinking about giving up. After just two 0.25 miles runs, I'm feeling tiny but tell-tale twinges in the AT when I press on it certain ways. This could be the beginning of the end again. I've done everything, you name it...ASTYM, PT, foam rolling, heel drops...
  11. My Achilles Has a History– Am I Doing the Right Thing?

    Actually the achilles injury Actually the achilles injury is old. I initially hurt it 3 yrs ago and it's been off & on since then. I started ASTYM and other PT last year in the fall. I consider my AT to be 99% recovered, probably as good as it's ever going to get without turning back the clock...
  12. My Achilles Has a History– Am I Doing the Right Thing?

    I am a new barefoot runner...basically trying it because nothing else has worked to get me off the injury bandwagon. I inured my achilles about 3 years ago. Since then it's been off & on bouts with tendinosis. It flared up again last year at this time. Just as I was getting out of the woods...
  13. My Achilles Has a History– Anyone Else?

    As far as I know it is As far as I know it is touching. I am not forcing a forefoot landing, just trying to let me foot land naturally so as not to overthink it. I think about lifting my feet and a light landing.
  14. My Achilles Has a History– Anyone Else?

    I am a new barefoot runner...basically trying it because nothing else has worked to get me off the injury bandwagon. I inured my achilles about 3 years ago. Since then it's been off & on bouts with tendinosis. It flared up again last year at this time. Just as I was getting out of the woods...
  15. Mysterious Ankle Problem

    I've done a lot of poking I've done a lot of poking around on the internet and I feel like my issue might be with the FHL or something a little deeper than the post-tib. In my experince, the post-tib really hugs the medial malleous and the pain I'm having is a little lower than that. I am...
  16. Mysterious Ankle Problem

    Well, mine is below the Well, mine is below the medial ankle bone. But it also seems lower than where the post-tib tendon hugs the bone. It's like between that and my heel. This morning I was pressing around and there are some sore spots there and also on the side of my heel, where the AT...
  17. Mysterious Ankle Problem

    Hi, so far I've only built up to doing 3-4/10th of a mile BF every other day. Last weeek on Thursday I suddenly woke up (after one of my little runs the day before) with an almost imperceptible ache in my left ankle. It's on the inside. I couldn't localize the sensation to any particular area...
  18. Fellowship of the Morton's Toe

    Oh wow, that is elaborate. Oh wow, that is elaborate.
  19. This is my goal- how to I get there?

    I live in Midland, TX...way I live in Midland, TX...way out in West Texas. Between Midland & Odessa we have 200,000+ people but it is like pulling teeth to find a decent doctor/PT/whatever. As for stretching- I've heard such mixed reports I don't know which way is up. Some say it's the best...
  20. This is my goal- how to I get there?

    Ha! there's no way I could Ha! there's no way I could find a BF friendly anything around here. I can barely even find a running-friendly healthcare professional. Everytime I go to a doctor it's the same, tired, old advice usually accompanied by the suggestion that running too much is crazy (and...