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I’m not overly concerned yet, but I pushed a troubling pain too far yesterday. My Achilles has been on the edge lately and I tried to run through the pain. Bad idea.

I’ve been sifting through YouTube like a rock group looking for a cover-band-replacement-singer and landed on this video from the Sock Doc that gave me some relief.

I really dig his main philosophy, which is: Diagnose WHY you have a problem not WHAT the problem is.

In the case of Achilles Tendinitis (which some say isn’t technically tendinitis) he says you focus on trigger points in the calf. The actual tender spot should not be messed with, and this is exactly how I feel about most health related issues.

Like most YouTube videos it’s a little long winded, but he has some really good stuff, including how lifestyle, diet and stress impact the health of your feet.

If any of you have other great solutions, please let me know. Thanks.

Just a quick little story about my swim at Rev3 Knoxville on Sunday. Well, this actually isn’t about the swim as much as the transition.

After you are lugged out of the water onto the dock, you head up a little ramp and into the boat house. Once you break the threshold of the main “big” door, they have you make a sharp right turn and go out the side door. It’s really a pretty easy maneuver, but I had a little issue.

I’m typically a little wobbly when I get done with a swim but Sunday I felt strong while heading up the ramp. You might say I even got a little cocky.

I picked up steam to pass someone as we entered the rowing barn, but totally lost my equilibrium and started drifting left then slammed into the door frame as highlighted below. (Betsy is a friend and has nothing to do with the event, I just borrowed this awesome picture to illustrate my lameness).

It was really quite comical, but hurt like a son-of-a-bitch. The adrenaline is flying, so I didn’t even think about it until halfway through the bike when I looked up from aero bars and discovered this . . .

Tag: injury

My Achilles is Jacked Up

Swimming and Bruises