For the past couple of weeks, the achilles tendon above my left heel has been painful after matches to the extent that i'm limping for a few days after the weekend, just about recovered ahead of the next weekend and then the cycle repeats
the pain has coincided with increasing my match load since christmas, youth games a.m., open age p.m. on Sat with a third game sunday a.m., youth or adult (to accommodate my promotion application). only a handful of games in january and february followed by 16 in march.
i am pretty consistent at warming up pre-match though not so much post-match.
haven't done cold water / ice pack stuff which has been mentioned for other injuries on other threads on here. a friend keeps suggesting strapping it / supporting it for games but that sounds like a recipe for making things worse in the long term
i was kind of hoping that it was simply a case of give it time and my body would adjust but i'm thinking that this is simply an injury which needs rest. keep thinking that i can struggle through to the end of the season but that's still a fair few weeks and games away
any thoughts / advice much appreciated
the pain has coincided with increasing my match load since christmas, youth games a.m., open age p.m. on Sat with a third game sunday a.m., youth or adult (to accommodate my promotion application). only a handful of games in january and february followed by 16 in march.
i am pretty consistent at warming up pre-match though not so much post-match.
haven't done cold water / ice pack stuff which has been mentioned for other injuries on other threads on here. a friend keeps suggesting strapping it / supporting it for games but that sounds like a recipe for making things worse in the long term
i was kind of hoping that it was simply a case of give it time and my body would adjust but i'm thinking that this is simply an injury which needs rest. keep thinking that i can struggle through to the end of the season but that's still a fair few weeks and games away
any thoughts / advice much appreciated