Dean Vrecko beyond the pointers pop up looks good!! That mat looks great- did you buy or make it? You tried on the bostsu ball?
Is that Achilles tendinitis you have? If so, how long has it been an issue and what medical assistance have you sought?
As a general rule, 0-6 month is considers acute, while 6month plus is chronic (theoretically healed). For chronic pain, Pain BC have great resources devised by experts in the field.
There are a range of interventions including physio, surgery (extreme cases), lasers, taping. Additionally, pain is multifaceted, and diet, sleep, stress, mood, social support ect all interact.
For activity, generally a graded approach is reccomended if it’s chronic- avoid overdoing it and pain flair ups but also, keep moving. However, early in the acute phase it’s best to rest to let it heal. If you google “physio exercises for…” you can probably find booklets made by a university or health authority which will provided exercises devised by professionals- however it’s generally better to get properly assessed before pursing a rehab plan (as an OT I feel I need to disclaimer this!! but hope the resource pointers help!)
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03 Jan 14:07
Dean Vrecko apologies, I realized you might just mean tight Achilles in general!! If so, I’d only suggest standing straighter may also make it easier to get the back foot down (I’m thinking of pros in small barrels- back heal is often up), and it also looks like you are stacking the front foot (which is good!) as if you stacked the back, the heal would lower more. I’m a fan of yoga for flexibitly if you still want to work on it! But if you ever Achilles tendinitis, you have some advice 😂🤣😂
I like you are looking where you are going- ever seen the research on mental imagery- apparently activates the same part of your brain as actually doing the activity so- pretty cool!