When I perform the kneeling achilles stretches, I feel a huge deal of pressure in the front of my ankle and not so much on my achilles. Does that mean I'm doing them wrong? However, my calves have been extremely sore for 3 days straight now.
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Achilles Stretches
Started by Alan Tseng, February 23, 2015 · 9 Replies · 551 Views
This sounds like its exactly what you need. As your Achilles gets longer, your ankle joint should work better and the point of pressure should move farther back into the ankle instead of being towards the front where it is now.
1) Mobility Restrictions of the Ankle/Talocrural Joint
A large contributing factor to anterior ankle joint pain is related to when an athlete’s available ankle joint mobility is restricted. Like I noted, many times athlete’s develop and imbalance at the ankle joint and the strong amount of plantar flexion (toe point) will limit an athlete’s ability to move into dorsiflexion (toes up).
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You sound like it is a stif tall-rural joint. Persist at these exercises and if does not improve get some joint mobilisations to free it up.
Time is really the case. Just make sure your knee is directly in line above the toes. I think it was a 90 second stretch. I didn't feel it in my Achilles until 40 seconds in. Definitely letting go of tension in other parts of the leg. It's normal.
sorry to steal the thread here but in this same exercise i noticed all the weight was on my big toe. when i went walking the next day i noticed between the ball of the foot and the big toe was very tender like i strained something.... couldnt walk at all that dayand was limping for a couple of days afterwards. if i lean back i can place more of the pressure across the rest of my toes and still stretch the achilies but my knees come off the ground. is that okay?
ausswe said:sorry to steal the thread here but in this same exercise i noticed all the weight was on my big toe. when i went walking the next day i noticed between the ball of the foot and the big toe was very tender like i strained something.... couldnt walk at all that dayand was limping for a couple of days afterwards. if i lean back i can place more of the pressure across the rest of my toes and still stretch the achilies but my knees come off the ground. is that okay?
I think you're talking about the Squat seiza stretch 6th stretch in the series. For that one you want the knee and ankle position to stay the same. So sitting your butt on a pillow during that stretch may alleviate some of the pressure. Or leaning forward and slowly leaning back until your feet can handle your upright torso.
ahh yes you are right.... i have been using the follow along so not sure about all the names yet. i am talking about the squat seiza
Yea, I just review all of it so I can eventually do it on my own if need be. But yea, try the pillow thing, see how it works for you
Squatting Seiza or Curled Seiza? From your description of where the pain was located it sounds more like Curled Seiza caused it. Squatting Seiza stretches the top of the foot and toe extensors, while Curled Seiza stretches the bottom of the foot and toe flexors.
Curled seizA haha