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| Posted: 08/10/08 15:36:37 37 |
White spirit - yes, yes , yes. Gently rub on for a few mins once a day on the affected areas - but wait for the blisters to heal first - not on broken skin. Then lots of vaseline when running |
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| Posted: 16/04/08 11:21:22 22 |
| Exactly Martin, Orthotics should be doing the work. I have orthotics in a neutral shoe since an achilles op and they work just fine. | |
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| Posted: 02/04/08 15:00:26 26 |
| Surgical spirit works - use some cotton wool and rub gently a few times each day - but don't get it in any broken skin - let it heal first | |
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| Posted: 27/07/07 10:04:40 40 |
Shucks, I thought I'd had a bad time with my achilles. Well I did actually ! My symptoms weren't the same as yours but after several bouts over the years the one that started early 2004 eventually had me off the road. I had all the good stuff - (BUPA Sports Injury place - company scheme paid ), physio, acupuncture, MRI, orthotics, exercises - oh those stairs, injections. NOTHING worked. This went on for nearly a year and no running. Then one day just pushing off to get on a train it tore. Bad news. Very painful. Not a complete rupture but pretty bad.
Well that in the end was good news of course as another scan showed the damage clearly - the first one hadn't identified anything - and an operation was required to repair it. Then boot for 10 weeks, then lots of rehab walking, cycling, running more and more etc. Now it's as good as I could have ever dreamt it would get. Maybe only 95% as good as the other one but good enough for me. And no particular stiffness there - just in the rest of me !!!
So how does this help you - probably not at all. The chances are that I had a micro-tear in the achilles that went un-seen in the first scan. It could be that the injections then made that more likely to tear. And I'm sure I had scar tissue problem - that achilles was always thicker. An MRI would cost a bit without company health care and a follow-up op to scrape/whatever too. Just a thought. Probably totally off track. GOOD LUCK | |
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| Posted: 10/07/07 12:16:23 23 |
| Seems a bit pricey !! | |
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