Achilles tendon complaints - causes and treatment: new prospects

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The Achilles tendon is the thickest and strongest tendon of the human body and connects the calf muscles with the heel bone. Their task is above all the reduction of the foot and a light interior rotation. She springs every step and can enable an enormous jumping power. The longer the Achilles tendon, the more tension can be converted in a diving force. Sporty triggers for Achilles tendon ruptures, for example, look at high jumpers. You will find in the best in the world that the tendon appears very long compared to muscle belly. It can endure load up to the 12-fold body weight and should work 100-120 years without ...
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The Achilles tendon is the thickest and strongest tendon of the human body and connects the calf muscles with the heel bone. Their task is above all the reduction of the foot
as well as a light interior rotation. She springs every step and can enable an enormous jumping power. The longer the Achilles tendon, the more tension can be converted into a jumping force.

sporting trigger for Achilles tendon ruptures

Look at high jumpers, for example. You will find in the best in the world that the tendon appears very long compared to muscle belly. It can withstand loads up to the 12-time body weight and should work 100-120 years without any degeneration, ignite or tear. Nevertheless, there are many people who complain about pain, swelling and overheating on the Achilline tendons or their approach. Why is that? And what can you do about it?

Achilleshne
Fig. 1: The Achilles tendon (Source Adobe Stock from SCIEPRO)

It is a Saturday morning, a 50-year-old man, well established professionally, would like to do sports with his friends for the first time in many years and make an appointment with them to play badminton. He wants to secretly show his friends that he is still fit and that a young tiger is slumbering in him. At the first sudden movement there is a loud bang in the hall and the man feels a sudden blow in the calf. An Achilles tendon rupture did not really happen due to the short load, it had a problem with its structure beforehand. The short burden then only gave her the rest.

warning sign before the Achilles tendon tears

Before a Achilles tendon tears there are usually warning signs years before:
Recurring irritation, pain on the heel, swelling etc. These are all signs of an inflammatory reaction on the tendon. Inflammation consists of the characteristics: swelling, overheating, pain and limited function. But why does an Achilles tendon ignite and what is inflammation at all? To do this, you have to look at the spine and the pelvis, because here is the reason for the misery but also for solving the problem.

The Achilles tendon, like all other tissues, depends on nerve signals. Nerves control the metabolism all over the body, even in the Achilles tendon. You know the Achilles tendon reflex from a visit to the doctor. The doctor knocks onto the tendon with the hammer and the calf muscle twitches. This reflex is made possible by the top root on the coccyx, which steps out of the pool on the right and left and, among other things, supplies the Achilles tendon. But not only motor skills and sensors, but also vegetative commands, i.e. metabolism, are forwarded from this root.

Nerve root
Fig. 2 S-1 nerve root (Source Adobe Stock by Freshidea)

nervous system, bones & metabolism

This process works well if the structure of the spine and the pelvis is good. But if the structure of the bones changes, the function of the nervous system it contains also changes, so that metabolic functions peripheral no longer work optimally. When something like this happens, the body tries to transport more nutrients to the area. This process means that more blood is moved. More blood means: overheating and swelling. Swelling of tissue hurts, the function leaves after.

Accordingly, we have a classic inflammation that turns out to be a reaction of the body to a tissue damage. How should the body heal differently, if not through more nutrients? Inflammation is intended for this, everywhere in the body. Typically, anti -inflammatory agents are then recommended and prescribed. This makes this
Mechanism contained, the symptoms decrease, but also the healing reaction. An example:

Achillisshne
Fig. 3 (Source: Practice Dr. Meier)

A male pool is shown on these two X -ray images. This 45-year-old man reported on Achilles tendon complaints on the left, which were previously unable to influence the standard therapies. In the left picture you can see a pelvic slate of almost 1cm. This means a mechanical stress on the nervous system, which is contained in the bony structure, in this case in particular the first coccyx nerve root. Due to a chirotherapeutic treatment series, the pelvic slope could be lifted after about 2 months without further aids, which was accompanied by the fact that the mechanical stress decreased on its nerves and the symptoms disappeared (after about 2-3 weeks), since the nerve signals to the Achilles tendon were again disruptive and the tissue was healed.

Article by Dr. med. D. Matthias Meier

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