Research tells us that about 50% of runners will suffer from Achilles Tendinopathy during their running life. (1) That is huge! Furthermore, Achilles Tendinopathy is one of the most common running-related injuries overall alongside medial tibial stress syndrome and plantar fasciitis. (2) Even more reason to try to understand what we can do to treat it and/or reduce the risk of having it even though we can never do this at 100%.

Our feet are the base of our support system when we walk, run, jump or just simply stand. Yet, time and time again it seems that we neglect them whether this be by wearing shoes that compress our toes or we just ignore tiny little aches and pains until it becomes unbearable. This then impacts the rest of the chain; the knees, the hips even the lower back which can start moving differently and cause us other problems.