u/Jinhui1234

Anyone has experienced Achilles tendonitis as a sprinter?

And how were you able to get rid of it?

I read that heavy slow strength training is the best for Achilles, and especially seated soleus machine strength. They say soleus is more important than gastrocnemius strength for Achilles tendon pain.

I have been doing strength for calf for many months now, but not extremely heavy like the heavy slow method.

I don't see much progress. Sometimes I wonder if its best to not do any extra work on the calfs than sprinting?

In my case I feel stiff and 2/10 pain in Achilles while warming up, but as I get into my sprint workout the pain either goes away or stay at the same level.

However I need to be careful with accelerations as that can trigger more pain.

Anyone has overcome this and can share some advice?

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u/Jinhui1234 — 23 days ago