A painful heel
Author: Wardleworth, Daniel
Source: International Musculoskeletal Medicine, Volume 31, Number 3, September 2009 , pp. 129-130(2)
Publisher: Maney Publishing
Abstract:
Achilles tendon pain developed in a 35-year-old runner, but initially failed to clear with heel-drop, eccentric exercise. The further assessment and management of the case is discussed together with the appropriate application of heel-drop exercise and other therapeutic approaches which resulted in a successful result.Keywords: ACHILLES TENDON; ECCENTRIC EXERCISE; HEEL-DROP EXERCISE
Document Type: Case Report
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/175361409X12472218840447
Affiliations: GPwSI Musculoskeletal Medicine, Haworth Medical Practice, Rawdon Road, Haworth, West Yorkshire BD22 8DH, UK;, Email: daniel.wardleworth@bradford.nhs.uk
Publication date: 2009-09-01
- On behalf of the Sociey for Orthopaedic Medicine and the British Institute for Musculoskeletal Medicine.
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