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Lovely new shoes but I can't use them because I'm still getting Achilles pain :-( Is there anything more torturous?

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Oh, what a shame :(

Same happened to me... not achilles pain but new trainers and couldn't use them. But I got better and they are getting nicely worn in now. Hopefully you won't have to wait long.

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Feel your pain mate, I've been crocked with a messed up pair of Achilles' tendons since July 9th and I feel like all the good work I did over 9 weeks is slipping away.

I'm trying to strengthen my legs though with non-Achilles affecting exercises such as using the quad and leg curl machines at the gym. Apparently strong legs = fewer chances of injury.

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Same here, bought new shoes trying to think positively, think its made me more frustrated. Have taken to the gym and rowing, cycling and some weights with a Torso Rotation machine thrown in. One of the Gym staff gave me a medicine ball the other day and said here bounce this as hard a you can, 5Kg ball gives a heck of a good workout and boy oh boy did it help get rid of some of my frustration. So I have found another exercise which has no impact on PF :) Hope your new shoes get an airing soon, take them for a walk first perhaps. :)

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