I just got the prognosis for pain on the heel, and the result is Achilis Tendinitis... The problem may a results from repetitive stress to the tendon...

I start to surf with the WP 8.10 x 32 and down side to

Airborne 7.10 x 31.5
Hypernut 7.2 x 28

I tried to hard until i can surf on the Hypernut but that maybe was one of the caused.

And finally Upside to SB Pro 8 x 29 2015

On the last 3 month i feel pain on the back of the heel but not put full attention due i stop to surf for 45 day and back to surf 10 days after, this for my Job. But one day the pain was really bad and go with Doctor.

My surf spot always is tippy and never glide so i had to do a lot of foot work to keep balance...

The bottom line is you feel pain on your heel take a rest and go to doctor to avoid the achilles tendinitis

Is really painful and annoying.

For know i need to rest at least 6 month until see how is the recover, the doctor options is .... change the sport ... some more light ...

On the meantime i start to think back to my more stable board but not paddle stand , just prone once on the surf spot wait for the waves as regular surf...

regards

that is some of the worst advice i've ever heard - but sadly a classic from doctors. Complete rest DOES NOT fix a tendinopathy. Have a read through this reliable website here: www.physio-pedia.com/Achilles_Tendinopathy Achille's tendinopathy is rather complex - is it an insertional tendinopathy or a mid belly? (sounds like your's may be insertional) which means treatment is very different. As Sondra has mentioned - i'd be visiting a physiotherapist ASAP for a proper diagnosis and proper prognosis and education about the injury - no disrespect to your doctor but Achilles tendon issue's wont be their forte!

I had Achilles tendonitis a few years back and used to roll a frozen bottle of water under my foot for 20 minutes each night together with one of those electronic circulation boosters for 10 minutes per night. The circulation booster puts an electronic shock through your feet. Took about two weeks of this nightly cured the problem and it hasn't returned since.
Good luck, I know how much discomfort this can cause.

Do you get gout?

CAPWP I am not a doctor or am not a physio so please seek further advice form some experts.
Why do you need to surf for your job are you a surfing instructor?
I would suggest trying to ride switch foot, to change the forces on your foot. You should be able to surf switch foot eventually
Also think about riding longboard and using a dropknee style while riding to ease pressure on your achillies.
Unlike surf boards, sup boards have a lot of board space for you to develop a board surface that is kinder to your feet. You could try putting rubber ontop of your board, like a tail pad and design a way to move the pressure away from the tendon. If it is stopping what you are doing go to a local shaper and work with them. Have you tried sticking a tail pad on your sup to change the forces.
There is quite a lot of work been done in this area to help kids with special needs ride surfboards. Happy hunting on the net.

Also just looked up your diagnosis and their are a few you tube clips on the topic. Rest and icing the joint are strongly recommended also eating anti inflamatory foods could help, tumeric and herbs, fish oil for the inflamation. Good luck with it.
We also have a local who has moved onto a knee board due to fluid inflamation in the joints and he still rips up the local break.

I've had a twice snapped archillies in the last year and then tendinitis and an inflamed bursa eighth afterwards following my recovery.

Bursa inflammation requires anti inflamatories and rest. This is not an injury worth pissing off. Go to a bigger and more stable board if it means you can keep at it. I've almost spent the last 1.5years out of the water and being able to do almost any exercise

These Achilles injuries sound like the mark daddy of injuries. had an epic
captian of our footy team go down with one. Used to be in the army, built like a truck, tough as they get and a really nice bloke. Never played again after this.

Had my feet in the wet sand with my daughter yesterday and pulled out of it quickly as she ran to the waters edge and then felt it pull. Already done this in the past five years;....knees, neck, disc bulges in the back, rotator cuffs. Every time a holiday is coming up I do something. I should have seen this coming haha.

Can an you use flippers with this injury?

JosephBetts said..
Had my feet in the wet sand with my daughter yesterday and pulled out of it quickly as she ran to the waters edge and then felt it pull. Already done this in the past five years;....knees, neck, disc bulges in the back, rotator cuffs. Every time a holiday is coming up I do something. I should have seen this coming haha.

Can an you use flippers with this injury?

I wouldn't recommend it early on for two reasons. 1) depending on the fin - it will likely sit on, or close to, where your tendon is sore. Tendinopathy will hate direct pressure. 2) Your increasing the amount of torque through your ankle joint when you put a fin on, which may also aggravate the tendon early on. Just my two bob

Physio said it was not Achilles but the tendon next to it and more or less implied that my hamstrings are ****ed and I'm an accident waiting to happen if I don't stretch them, as they are some of the tightest he has seen in a while.

only a small tear and should be right in 10 days. Every time a physio says a time frame however, you have to triple it or in some cases times it by ten.
probably has something to do with not doing the excersizes and stretches though haha I think I might actually do them this time

JosephBetts said..
Physio said it was not Achilles but the tendon next to it and more or less implied that my hamstrings are ****ed and I'm an accident waiting to happen if I don't stretch them, as they are some of the tightest he has seen in a while.

only a small tear and should be right in 10 days. Every time a physio says a time frame however, you have to triple it or in some cases times it by ten.
probably has something to do with not doing the excersizes and stretches though haha I think I might actually do them this time

haha perhaps it's to do with that. Also we're trying now to move away from giving timeframes, or I am anyways. I might still say, yes on average this takes x weeks or x days - but I will put you through physical objective testing to see when you can return to sport. Such as measuring ankle mobility, single leg balance, jumping single leg etc etc.. when you can pass those physical tests as well as your non effected side, you can return to sport. Good luck!

Followed the stretching excersixes from physio and then did the one with two hand on wall and back leg about a few feet off the wall and then it said on the sheet to lower my back knee and it will stretch the lower part of my leg and I did it and my ****ing Achilles pulled now it's sore like the tendon next to it. Every Christmas holidays....

Some history, FWIW,

One wonderful exercise to rehab a sore lower leg is spinning on a bicycle. If running aggravated anything below my knee, going for a 3+ hour cycle in the hills would eliminate it. Esp. tight calf, foot, etc. If not a cyclist, then spin an exerbike at high reps in low gear (low torque). Then do the following:

Runners often complain of sore achilles, and they stand with their forefeet on a stair step, facing the stair, and gently lower their heels. This eccentric contraction is one of the most common treatments backed by impressive studies (from Karolinska Institute in Sweden?). Raise the feet back up using both ankles and lower again slowly with more weight on the side being trained. For me, this took the load off the achilles doing normal activities and allowed it to heal. It healed very quickly.

Stretching the calf is safer for me if I stretch the calf with knee bent and then afterwards unbend the knee a bit; rather, than stretching with the knee already fully extended (unbent).

I also made a massage stick this week out of PVC electrical conduit tubing that works great on calf, and upper leg (hamstring, quad, lateral and medial). Ten pieces of 32 mm diameter, threaded on a single 25 mm diameter, with detentes made from slices of the 25 mm connectors. Ten pieces about 3.5 cm each. In my current rural location such an item is not easily available from a commercial source. But, surprise, the homemade version is just as good!!

If once you get it healed, you want to prevent a recurrence, consider walking or running in the hills, building up carefully over time. Running on trails has done wonders for my lower legs. Assumes you are fully healed and do very little at first.

Good news after visit 2 doctor i found a doctor with sport specialist, they put a injection close tho the pain spot after that go to physical therapy (Ultrasonic and Laser bean) and is work fine now i can walk without pain. Also i ask if i can tried to surf, he said yes.
I tried 2 days no more than 2 hours feel ok, on my left ankle

But after of that start to feel pain on the right ankle....jejeje

But know finally i see a good recover ...

What doctor says for this problems:

He's theory is that almost all the surfer populations start to surf young and that create that the articulations and muscle get used of this and make strong.

I learning at 39 year to paddle board only for flat water, after to see some videos on the youtube i saw people that is possible to surf, i start to learn on the youtube tutorials, how to surf. I never take surf lesson that take me time for learning.... at the moment was confused ( Timing, position, read the waves ) and still have problems but i have fun. and the end i learn with the tools i have. But still surfing bad but i really enjoy now i have 44 years

Finally my SOLOSHOT3 arrived after almost 2 years i make this short video with small waves on my regular surf spot

CAPWP said..
Good news after visit 2 doctor i found a doctor with sport specialist, they put a injection close tho the pain spot after that go to physical therapy (Ultrasonic and Laser bean) and is work fine now i can walk without pain. Also i ask if i can tried to surf, he said yes.
I tried 2 days no more than 2 hours feel ok, on my left ankle

But after of that start to feel pain on the right ankle....jejeje

But know finally i see a good recover ...

What doctor says for this problems:

He's theory is that almost all the surfer populations start to surf young and that create that the articulations and muscle get used of this and make strong.

I learning at 39 year to paddle board only for flat water, after to see some videos on the youtube i saw people that is possible to surf, i start to learn on the youtube tutorials, how to surf. I never take surf lesson that take me time for learning.... at the moment was confused ( Timing, position, read the waves ) and still have problems but i have fun. and the end i learn with the tools i have. But still surfing bad but i really enjoy now i have 44 years

Finally my SOLOSHOT3 arrived after almost 2 years i make this short video with small waves on my regular surf spot

Great news!

CAPWP, that is great news, keep talking to your doc, you should also be able to develop those muscles at your age, 44. Its also not to old to retrain your technique. You may benefit from getting a big arse long board and strengthening the muscles that way,
Just think of it as cross training.