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Maryke Louw

7 min

Heel bursitis: Causes and treatment

The full name for the bursitis you get in the back of your heel, underneath the Achilles tendon, is retrocalcaneal bursitis. That’s a bit...

Using a walking boot for Achilles tendonitis or pain

Maryke Louw

5 min

Using a walking boot for Achilles tendonitis or pain

Why it's bad for you to wear an orthopeadic boot for too long when you have Achilles tendonitis, and what to do if you've been wearing one.

Is your heel pain caused by Haglund’s Deformity?

Maryke Louw

8 min

Is your heel pain caused by Haglund’s Deformity?

Have you been told that you have a Haglund's Deformity or heel spur that is causing the pain in your Achilles tendon or at the back of...

How smoking or vaping can delay tendon healing

Maryke Louw

4 min

How smoking or vaping can delay tendon healing

Yes, vaping is relatively clean compared to regular cigarette smoke, which can contain more than 4000 toxic compounds, but if your vaping...

Return to running after Achilles tendinopathy: 5 things to consider

Steph Davies

4 min

Return to running after Achilles tendinopathy: 5 things to consider

Up to 44% of people returning to sport after and Achilles tendinopathy end up with a recurrence of the injury. Here are some things to...

Top tips for insertional Achilles tendinopathy

Maryke Louw

3 min

Top tips for insertional Achilles tendinopathy

Insertional Achilles tendinopathy is a very specific kind of tendinopathy. In this article, Maryke explains why you should not treat it...

Why an Achilles flare-up isn’t always a bad thing

Alison Gould

5 min

Why an Achilles flare-up isn’t always a bad thing

There is nothing worse than feeling like you are making progress with your Achilles problem or even starting to get back into activity...

Achilles rehab: Think of running as strength training

Maryke Louw

1 min

Achilles rehab: Think of running as strength training

I find that one of the most common reasons why runners reinjure their Achilles tendons when they go back to running is because they try...

What pain means and how pain levels can help us manage an Achilles tendinopathy

Alison Gould

3 min

What pain means and how pain levels can help us manage an Achilles tendinopathy

One of the main drivers for patients to contact us is the level of pain they are experiencing in their Achilles tendon, which in turn is...

Cross-training when you have Achilles tendonitis

Alison Gould

3 min

Cross-training when you have Achilles tendonitis

Most active people fear getting an injury that prevents them from doing their usual training. With Achilles tendonitis, walking as well...

Achilles tendonitis – Absence of pain does not equal full recovery

Maryke Louw

3 min

Achilles tendonitis – Absence of pain does not equal full recovery

I find that runners tend to use pain as the main way of gauging how bad an injury is. However, the intensity of pain often does not...

Neuromuscular control for Achilles tendonitis rehab

Maryke Louw

3 min

Neuromuscular control for Achilles tendonitis rehab

Neuromuscular or motor control may play a role in both the cause as well as the successful treatment of Achilles tendonitis. In this...

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