Symptoms and Causes of Achilles Tendonitis

Symptoms:

• Pain after stretching exercise and severe pain in course of time.
• Irritation and intolerable pain over the heel.
• Development of pain after sitting for a long time.
• Feeling of toughness of tendon, when you touch the back leg near heel.
• Severe pain at the exact origin point on the tendon inserts.
• Pain after stretching exercises in the early morning.
• A clear sense of idleness (laziness) in your leg.
• Mild swelling and stiffening about half an inch above the region where Achilles Tendon is connected to heel bone.

Causes:

• Overuse of Achilles bone is the common cause for Achilles Tendonitis.
• People who increase their running speed continuously with sudden acceleration.
• Decrease in natural flexibility of the calf muscles.
• Replacing the height of footwear (boots to high-heel, low heel to stiletto) at irregular intervals.
• Wearing high heels for a long period of time.
• Jogging/walking on different surfaces.
• Lack of adequate cushioning and stability in footwear during heel strike.
• Doing exercises without proper warm up and stretching.
• Involving in new type of sprinting and hill running.
• Wearing improper orthotics.