Subject: RE: 'Creaking' achillesChalk me up as another with Achilles Tendonitis (Now Achilles Tendonosis ) It sounds to me like this is what you have. Micro-tears in Achilles then adhesions form. This has kept me from running (with some exceptions ) over the last 4+ months. I am now seeing a therapist that specializes in "Graston Technique" Which uses tools that the Therapist uses to "scrape" the adhesions that have formed on the tendon. While Graston can me painful, it really is helping me tremendously. I do not "hear" the creaky, crackling sound BUT I FEEL it or used to. Its much better. Regular therapy is designed more for correcting the cause of the issue, not the issue ITSELF. I had to complain big time about this as time as been wasted with regular therapy. Therapy is all about how can you avoid the same thing happening after its healed. What causes this? Poor gait, going past an "injury threshold" not enough stretching, too much too soon, running too hard. (this was my case - I really began running hard nearly every day -this pushed the tendon beyond its ability to heal itself ) You really do need to see a DR. about this. And then be pro-active with your Doc and therapist. Interestingly you can bike while you have this. Lucky thing. Obviously swimming is fine too, just do not push off wall hard. |