Achilles tendons - thoughts?

[skywalkerbeth]

I have a stupid question.

Isn't pointing your toes kind of like wearing heels? I'm trying to figure out "which prolonged position is making it worse".

Heels DOWN means I'm constantly giving the achilles a stretch - right? Are you saying that doing it heels down is better because I'm stretching it all the time.. and pointed toes down (similar to the position when you are wearing heels) is bad.. why? That is not stretching the achilles... it's the opposite of stretching.. right?

Just trying to visualize and understand.

I was at the gym just now, on the treadmill. When I inclined the treadmill I felt a little better. Not great, better.

I dinged my achilles BUT GOOD earlier today. As in, hopping around and cursing. I backed into a deck post barefoot... a good hard one because I was trying to pull a deck glider into place that had moved overnight.

Sky King, when you massage with your hands - how hard? More of a rolling motion?

ps. in massaging my left leg... there is a definite knot about 4 inches up from the heel. I think I dinged it a lot lower than that... not sure what the knot is.