The full five-stage programme for Achilles pain — from calming an angry tendon to running and jumping on it again, and keeping it that way.
Read this if: your pain sits in the cord at the back of the heel, is stiff and sore for the first steps of the morning, and warms up as you move. This is not a diagnosis — if that does not describe your pain, start with the ankle baseline or get assessed.
Written by Joseph Reynolds, private MSK physiotherapist · HCPC & CSP registered