End Achilles Pain

Achilles Pain is Rough! – Not to Mention, MISERABLE!

So, how do you know and how do get to that pain point?

Achilles Test 01 – To Test How Your Achilles is Affecting your Foot’s Mobility… ☺

1. Point your toes downward

• You should be able to point 70-80°

2. Bring your toes upward toward your knee

• You should be able to bring your toes upward ~ 20° to 30°.

• My clients with Achilles Pain are very limited in their ability to bring their toes upward toward their knees.

• Many can only raise about 5° to 10°

• Several can’t raise their toes upward – their toes sit at 0° or neutral

• Quite a few have a negative raise – only about minus 5 to minus 10°

Achilles Test 02 – To Test the Stiffness of Your Achilles:

1. Take two fingers and place them atop your Achilles

• Press your fingers into the skin above your Achilles.

• Engage your skin and see if you can press your skin up and down along the line of your Achilles.

• Your Achilles is in Good Shape if you can press your skin up and down along the line of your Achilles.

• Your Achilles is in Trouble if your skin doesn’t or barely moves up and down along the line of your Achilles.

Summary of your Potential Achilles Trouble: If your foot tends to sit pitched/pointed forward AND you can’t raise your toes upward 30° towards your knee, you’re likely experiencing continuous Achilles pain and are at risk of injury.