my achilles have been getting super irritated any time I walk more than a mile or do any type of physical activity. it all started when I got this new job and hasnt gone away for almost a month. its getting better slowly but im starting to get kinda worried and dont really know what to do. anybody have any advice? I've tried gently stretching it and icing but that only seems to do so much.
I hurt my achilles a long time ago trying to take of a pair of Stevie Williams Supras without untying them.
It hurt rly bad for a while and I was supra worried about it. Eventually, I stopped skating and doing crazy shit for a while, just took it easy, probably just took my mind of of it and it just got better and now it's completely a thing of the past.
So, unless you had some crazy trauma happen to it and it's completely torn, which it doesn't sound like it is, you'll probably have the same experience if you just max out for a hot minute. The human body is pretty amazing at healing itself, much more than we give it credit for.
I had a neighbor who looked like Christian Bale and completely tore his achilles riding a motorcycle. He lived with his girl and their kid there and, after he tore his shit and had it reconstructed, he set up a punching bag and was always hitting the fuck out of it. Him and his bm were always fighting so he probably took his agression out on the bag.
One day, he backed up into my landlord's big flower pot with his truck and smashed it all to hell and when she brought it up with him (she was like 90 years old and English was her second language and she was like my adoptive grandma), he basically told her to pound sand. This pissed me of to no end so I ended up buying her a new flower pot for like $30 at some wholesaler in Topanga Canyon, replacing it and then writing him a really passive aggressive letter that was all, "Hey, Dude in Apt #3, I heard you broke [Landlady's] flower pot with your huge truck. That sucks. But, alas, I bought her a new flower pot so you now owe me $29.63. Pay me asap. -Ed in #7"
He tried to write me a passive aggressive letter back but he sucked at it. He did give me $30 though.
Idk why I told you all that but the point is, your achilles is probably going to be okay so long as you don't injure it further while it is healing. Take care of yourself, bro.