To prevent Achilles tendon rupture, attention must be paid to reducing individual risk factors.
Behavioral risk factors
- Incorrect footwear
- Lack of training condition or incorrect training.
- Sports with sprints and rapid deceleration as in squash, etc.
- Overexertion
Other risk factors
- Immobilization
- Poor substrate
Medication
- Anabolic steroids
- Quinolones/fluoroquinolones/gyrase inhibitors (ciprofloxacin, moxifloxacin, nalidixic acid, norfloxacin, lomefloxacin, levofloxacin, ofloxacin).
- Immunosuppressants
- Previous intra- and paratendinous (“inside and around the tendon”) injections of glucocorticoids.
Preventive measures
- Adequate treatment of known metabolic diseases
- Adequate training program
- Adequate sports practice