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Chronic Foot Problems and the Achilles Tendon This type
of injury generally comes on gradually and presents itself as discomfort noticed
at the front of the heel or arch when one first gets out of bed in the morning.
Pain exacerbates significantly with any increase in athletic activity. When the
athlete is off of his/her feet for any period of time, the injured fascia begins
to feel better. Unfortunately, the healing bond is quite weak so that when
walking without arch support or exercising, the plantar fascia begins to tear.
This results in pain in the area where the plantar fascia attaches to the
calcaneous (heel bone), and a formation of a bone spur.
Bone spurs tell the
athlete and physician that there is weakened and injured tissue present, which
is generally a
ligament. Use of an arch support helps
to prevent the plantar fasciitis from recurring, but Prolotherapy is needed to
strengthen the healing bond. In
addition to the Prolotherapy, proper stretching of the muscles of the lower leg
is also helpful. Correction of this problem will also involve evaluation of the
gait in order to determine if there are other factors that may be perpetuating
this problem, such as other ligament weakness, skeletal malalignments, or
muscular imbalances. However, the most important factor in curing sports
injuries is to stimulate the regeneration of the injured tissue by Prolotherapy. The Achilles Tendon: The Weak Link for Many Athletes The
Achilles tendon is the largest
tendon of the human body and is one
of the most commonly injured tendons in sports. It is the tendon responsible for
plantar flexing of the foot, which is how athletes are able to spring off of
each step. Athletes
in running sports have a high incidence of Achilles tendon overuse injuries.
About 75 percent of total and the majority of partial tendon ruptures are
related to sports activities involving abrupt repetitive jumping and sprinting
movements. Surgery is
supposedly required in about 25 percent of athletes with Achilles tendon overuse
injuries, and the frequency of surgery increases with patient age and duration
of symptoms, as well as occurrence of tendinopathic changes. Of those
who receive surgery, 20 percent require reoperation.
These are sad statistics if one knows the pathology in chronic Achilles
problems. The condition begins as a
tendonitis because the Achilles tendon is
trying to strengthen. But often, because of
NSAIDS
and
cortisone, the inflammatory
process is halted. The tendon then begins to show signs of cellular damage and
collagen degeneration. This is called
tendinosis. Tendon pathology such as this
can only be encouraged to repair itself with Prolotherapy. Only Prolotherapy
will be able to stimulate the growth of the Achilles tendon tissue to make it
stronger. Steroid injections not only do not help the problem, they likely cause the problem. Steroid shots with cortisone have been implicated as a significant cause of Achilles tendon rupture.
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