Who suffers from tendinitis??

[CobraUTAH]

I have flat feet and I train hard which is not fun for my ankles and recently I've begun to experience what I believe to be achilies tendinitis. How do I know for sure? Do I have to stop training to get better, is there any other way?

 

[Zander1983]

See a podiatrist and get some 'orthotics' (special customised inner-soles) for your shoes.

 

[CobraUTAH]

Thanks, but I got those already. I just don't wear them regularly enough.

 

[Zander1983]

Wear them. Flat feet problem solved.

 

[spatts]

"Doctor, it hurts when I do this..."

 

[CobraUTAH]

Well maybe I'll heed your advice and wear them. They are such a pain in the ass when you have more than one pair of shoes, I never know where they are.

 

[Zander1983]

Obviously its difficult to do 100% of the time. Fortunately, you don't need them in constantly to make a difference. Nevertheless, wear them as much as possible, especially when running and the like.

 

[pwr_machine]

Both elbows. Lots of Bextra and ice.

 

[IronLion]

I like bextra, it does wonders after about two weeks. Oddly enough celebrex helps me too.

 

[spatts]

Why wouldn't it? It's an anti-inflamatory.

 

[IronLion]

I thought it was an arthritis medicine...oh well

 

[spatts]

It is...

 

[IronLion]

o.k. it is a specific cox-2 inhibitor that doesn't effect the release or uptake of the cox1 enzymes...

....it works faster than bextra, but bextra worked better once I had been on it for a couple of weeks

now that has been cleared up

 

[CobraUTAH]

What is bextra and where can I get it? Celebrex isnt' that a glucosamine chondrotin complex? What about SAM-e or a MSM type supplement. I haven't heard anyone say stop, just work through it and take some joint/anti inflamatory compounds.

 

[IronLion]

you can get it from the doctor, neither of them are otc

 

[collegiateLifter]

i'd head over to myodynamics and ask around there....

Staley mentioned in a newsletter a while back about doin moderately heavy eccentric only 'lifts' for joints with tendonitis....

 

[Shark01]

Whatever you do.......DON'T stop training. I have that problem in my shoulder so I quit for 3 years........never got any better.......finally said fuck it and started up again.......after two months the pain disappeared and hasn't come back.