Rhett

So sorry the tendon is not cooperating. May be you have some nerve entrapment? Who knew that running requires *detective* work to figure out the culprit...so much trial and error involved.

Keep up the good rest from running. Were you the one telling me cross training does a body good! :) And you are SO GOOD at swimming and cycling! Onward and upward! :)

STINK!! This is not what I wanted to read!!! Be careful with those Brooke Connects. I have found that I am not able to run too many miles in them at once.

Tendon from achilles to knee on the outer leg???? Are you talking about one of your fibularis/peroneal muscles?

gosh - can any of us stay healthy? crazy isn't it?

I was feeling better during the day after the short run so I thought I'd give it a go at the track last night. It went well, but I'm a bit sore today. I did a little too much for my first run in 12 days, but it felt good to run. I better post it.

Smooth, it is interesting how we runners are always trying to figure out what is hurting.

Teena, I don't know what it is called or if it is a tendon or a muscle. It has been way to long since i took anatomy. All I know is there is a tender spot on temporal part of my lower leg and when I roll it, it makes my achilees burn. Does it help to ice before doing the ultra sound. I don't the the Brooks shoes were the cause. It happened a few days after I had last run in them and was just something I woke up with one day not during a run.

Tim, it is crazy. I'm glad I'm doing a tri to help keep me focused on cross training.

Rhett~

I am just glad that you are feeling better. Yeah, I am guessing it was one of your fibularis muscles (either the longus or brevis). Here is something funny, when you took anatomy I am guessing you learned those muscles as the peroneal muscles. Within the last handful of years they have changed their name to the fibularis muscles! Which is actually pretty nice since they run along the fibula. :) :) :)

Just be careful! No doing anything crazy!!! I am trying to stay under control as well ... it is just so hard when you feel good not to go full out. Let's just keep an eye out for each other! :)

Regarding ice before ultrasound. It sounds like you are really trying to target a chronic inflammation problem if you are considering that. If that is the case, you really should use the ultrasound on a low setting for a longer duration. If this is the case and it were me I would stagger the treatments. In other words, do the ice a few times a day at different times than the ultrasound. BUT if you are using the ultrasound to get more extensibility out of the achilles tendon and stretch it out I would personally not ice before ultrasound no matter what. Although research shows that you can get more range of motion with both ice and heat if you are using the ultrasound for its thermal properties it would not make sense to ice first.

Will you email me the exact issues you are dealing with? I.e., pain/muscle stiffness/lack of range of motion/muscle spasm/inflammation, etc? Let's see if we can figure out the best overall treatment which may include more than one modality/treatment. I could even run it by some of my favorite professors if need be. :)

ALSO, have you spoken with Paul about all of this? :)