{"id":4025,"date":"2025-04-30T16:29:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/achilles-tendinitis\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T12:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T17:38:20","slug":"achilles-tendinitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/achilles-tendinitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Achilles Tendinitis: Heel Tendon Pain and Podiatric Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Achilles tendinitis?<\/h2>\n\n<p><strong>Achilles tendinitis<\/strong> is inflammation of the <strong>Achilles tendon<\/strong>, the body\u2019s largest tendon, which connects the calf muscles to the heel bone. It plays a critical role in walking, running, and jumping. Common among <strong>active people<\/strong>, it can also affect more <strong>sedentary individuals<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Symptoms<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pain in the back of the heel or lower calf<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Morning stiffness or after periods of rest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swelling or warmth along the tendon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Worsened pain with activity (running, stairs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tendon thickening (chronic stage)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequent causes<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Overuse (running, jumping, prolonged walking)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Misalignment of the foot (flat or high arches)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inadequate footwear<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lack of warm-up or stretching<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sudden increase in activity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Age-related tendon degeneration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Risks of complications<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Partial or complete tendon rupture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chronic pain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Major loss of function<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compensatory pain in knees or hips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Treatment at PodiSant\u00e9<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Complete biomechanical evaluation<\/h3>\n\n<p>Posture, gait, and muscle tension analysis.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Custom orthotics<\/h3>\n\n<p>Reduce mechanical stress on the tendon by correcting foot alignment.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Therapeutic treatments<\/h3>\n\n<p>\u2022 Targeted stretching and strengthening<br\/>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/shockwave-therapy\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1873\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radial shockwave therapy<\/a> (non-invasive)<br\/>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/therapeutic-laser\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1866\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Therapeutic laser<\/a><br\/>\u2022 Taping for support and offloading<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personalized guidance<\/h3>\n\n<p>Adapted training plans, shoe modifications and gradual return to physical activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Achilles tendinitis is inflammation of the Achilles tendon, the body\u2019s largest tendon, which connects the calf muscles to the heel bone. It plays a critical role in walking, running, and jumping. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3454,"featured_media":3884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-common-conditions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3454"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4025"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5513,"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025\/revisions\/5513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}