Journal of Novel Physiotherapies
Open Access

Research Article

Achilles Tendinopathy and the 100-Pound Punching Bag

Fair Oaks Blvd., #334, Sacramento, CA 95825, United States

Corresponding Author:

Mark R Collen
2443 Fair Oaks Blvd., #334
Sacramento, CA 95825, United States
E-mail: mrco823@gmail.com

Received Date: January 25, 2017; Accepted Date: February 09, 2017; Published Date: February 16, 2017

Citation: Collen MR (2017) Achilles Tendinopathy and the 100-Pound Punching Bag. J Nov Physiother 7:336. doi:10.4172/2165-7025.1000336

Copyright: © 2017 Collen MR, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

This article recounts the experience of a 50 year-old man attempting to treat his refractory mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy (AT) pain and discovered by accident that training on a heavy bag after running eliminates the pain within one hour. There are currently no known exercise interventions which rapidly relieve mid-portion AT pain. Details are discussed.

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