Agreed with above. Ballet teacher should have the best free advice.
My PT says the calf stretch I do will also help with tight tendons. It's a simple stretch- I'll show you this weekend.
When I had tendonitis, it took a couple of weeks of doing the exercise to feel consistent relief. Precisely because tendons are delicate things, the more extreme stretch of putting larger books under the toes had to be worked up to.
That said, if you're already treating it gently and working up slowly to larger stretches, you'll probably have it sorted before it gets bad enough to do permanent damage.
I think one thing I did when had tendonitis is use a light, stretchy ankle support while I did any of the activities that had caused the tendon pain. Since in a week, that was 10 hours of bowling/band practice, and up to 20 if I had two bowling matches and two band competitions that week, the support probably helped a lot. It was just a regular stretchy compression support from CVS.
I don't remember if you know septicidal, but she totally tore her ankle up by twisting it badly stepping off a curb. I'm seeing her tonight, and we go to the same PT office. I know a lot of her PT routine has to do with tendons, ligaments, and muscles in her ankles. If you like, I can ask her about some of her exercises. Our PT usually issues us paper copies with short instructions and illustrations on the exercises... if she has hers, I can ask her to photocopy or scan/email me a copy of her exercise sheet. Some of them won't be relevant to someone with relatively healthy ankles, I'm sure, but some of them might be good for general maintenance.
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Date: 2011-10-26 05:08 pm (UTC)My PT says the calf stretch I do will also help with tight tendons. It's a simple stretch- I'll show you this weekend.
When I had tendonitis, it took a couple of weeks of doing the exercise to feel consistent relief. Precisely because tendons are delicate things, the more extreme stretch of putting larger books under the toes had to be worked up to.
That said, if you're already treating it gently and working up slowly to larger stretches, you'll probably have it sorted before it gets bad enough to do permanent damage.
I think one thing I did when had tendonitis is use a light, stretchy ankle support while I did any of the activities that had caused the tendon pain. Since in a week, that was 10 hours of bowling/band practice, and up to 20 if I had two bowling matches and two band competitions that week, the support probably helped a lot. It was just a regular stretchy compression support from CVS.
Like this one: http://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/catalog/shop_product_detail.jsp?filterBy=&skuId=151480&productId=151480&navAction=push&navCount=2&no_new_crumb=true#Prodtabdetail
I don't remember if you know