03/13/2025
Your Achilles tendon is the thickest and strongest tendon in your body. It connects your calf muscle to the bone in your heel, helping you to move your foot when you walk, run, climb or jump.
🚩If you have Achilles tendinopathy, your Achilles tendon becomes damaged and stops working as well as it should. It’s usually damaged through repeated use and injury over time. The damage can make it painful and harder to do your usual activities.
Achilles tendinopathy can cause several symptoms, including:
Pain in your heel - this may be an ache or a sharp pain, which feels worse when you’ve been active or put pressure on it.
Stiffness in your tendon - often this is worse first thing in the morning or if you’ve been resting for a while
Swelling at the back of your ankle
Tenderness when you touch your tendon
A grating noise or creaking feeling (crepitus) when you move your ankle
! If you feel sudden pain in your heel or calf, this could mean you’ve torn your tendon. This is called an Achilles tendon rupture. You may hear it snap and have trouble bearing any weight on your leg. If this happens, seek urgent medical advice.
💡Physiotherapy can help to build up the strength and function in your Achilles tendon. Depending on the severity/stage of the condition, physiotherapy treatment for patients with an Achilles tendinopathy is vital to hasten the healing process, to ensure an optimal outcome and reduce the likelihood of recurrence.
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