Exercises

Stretch Stand straight and upright. Now touch the floor with your hands, keeping your legs as straight as possible. Now slowly walk forward with your hands until your body is straight, then slowly return to the starting position.

Stretch Stand in front of a wall. The affected leg stands in front of the wall with the tips of its toes, so that only the heel is on the floor. The healthy leg stands one step further back.

Stretch the front leg and approach your pelvis to the wall until you feel a stretch. Hold this for 20 seconds. Stability and strength Stand up straight and upright for the exercise, knees shoulder width apart and slightly bent.

When you have found a secure balance, make a straight jump up.Stretch your legs in the air but be sure to bend them again when you land. Land on the complete foot. 10 repetitions.

Power Stand on a step with both feet on the stairs with the heels extending over the step. Now walk on tiptoe and then slowly lower the heel down again. 15 repetitions.

3 repetitions. Stability, coordination and strength Stand on the injured leg. Your foot is completely on the floor, holding the other leg loosely in the air backwards.

Now bend your knee as if you were going to do a knee bend. Make sure that your knee does not go beyond the tip of your foot. If you feel a tension in the Achilles tendon at the back, straighten up again. 10 repetitions. More exercises can be found in the articles:

Achilles tendon stretching exercises
Exercises for Achilles tendonitis
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Achilles tendon pain – exercises

Achilles tendon rupture

Although the Achilles tendon is the strongest tendon in the human body, it can also tear completely. However, this happens very rarely due to external violence, but much more often due to long periods of overloading or incorrect strain, as well as chronic inflammation. A wrong movement or in everyday life, can then already lead to the fact that the preloaded tendon tears finally.

This usually happens 2-6 centimeters above its insertion at the heel bone, since the nutritional supply of the tendon is poorest at this point. The affected person usually notices the Achilles tendon tear directly through a whip-like bang that occurs when the tendon tears. Shooting pains in the heel and calf area as well as an immediately occurring restriction of movement are further symptoms.

If an Achilles tendon rupture is present, it is important to treat it as soon as possible. If the torn tendon pieces can be brought sufficiently close together by bending the foot, conservative therapy without surgery is possible. The foot is then immobilized in this position for at least 6 weeks.

If the patients are competitive athletes or young patients and the nature of the injury precludes conservative treatment, surgery is recommended, in which the ends of the tendons are usually sewn together. Here too, the foot must be immobilized for 6 weeks afterwards. Physiotherapy is also an important part of the aftercare.