Your Feet Must Support You Forever - Avoid Ankle Tendonitis
Whether you believe it or not your feet support your body. You need to take care of them the best you can. If you start to feel pain and / or swelling in the ankle area of the foot, you could be showing signs of ankle tendonitis and you should take care of this immediately.
Let us discuss how to prevent ankle tendinitis and also a bit of background information on tendonitis itself.
Runners and joggers can get into a training mode that can be sometimes hard on their ankles. This also can happen to people who have jobs that required them being on their feet constantly. What can happen is that you may start to develop tendonitis in your ankles.
What is tendonitis? It is really just an inflammation of the tendon. The tendon is used to connect the bone to the actual muscle. What happens sometimes if the tendon gets overworked or you may put too much force on a particular tendon you could develop tendonitis.
Some symptoms of tendonitis are swelling, pain and the area that is swollen is tender to the touch. It could be difficult to move the ankle without a shooting pain going from the ankle to the calf.
Another type of tendonitis that is very similar to being in close proximity to the ankle is Achilles tendonitis. What happens with this type is the Achilles tendon becomes inflamed. You see this occur in people who are constantly on there feet or in runners.
Treatment for Ankle Tendonitis
Now let’s talk a bit about what you can do at home if you are suffering a mild case of ankle tendonitis. One thing that will work wonders is to use an ice pack. A bag of frozen pea’s can work great for this. You want to use the ice for 15 minutes at a time. Wrap your ankle if you need to be on your feet, this will help support the ankle and keep it in place and help prevent further injury.
Cortisone injections sometimes work well for tendonitis. But using them when you have ankle tendonitis is somewhat scary thing to do. The ankle tendon can rupture easy if used improperly, so doctor’s try to avoid them if possible. You can try to put a cushion in your shoe, this will help support the foot and can help with the pain if you need to be on your feet.
Your feet are going to carry you for a long time and keeping them injury free is important. This will include not getting ankle tendonitis. If you avoid taking care of the problem, you risk developing permanent injury and that is not something you want to do.
If you are having problems you may want to go and visit a physical therapist. You can also go and see an orthopedic doctor and they can help you learn how to move your feet when you have to perform physical activity. This can help to prevent further injury. If you start to feel ankle tendonitis coming on, the pain and swelling in your ankle can be the sign that you are looking for. Try at that time to get off of your feet and give your ankle a rest.