Achilles tendon is easy to break in injured sports.
When a person stands on tiptoe and his heel leaves the ground, there is a strong and tight tendon between his heel and calf, which is the Achilles tendon. Achilles tendon is about 15 cm long and is the largest tendon in human body. People walk, run and jump on this powerful tendon. If the achilles tendon is completely broken, it will be difficult to move.
Achilles tendon rupture, as the name implies, is the rupture of Achilles tendon tissue, and more than 70% of spontaneous rupture occurs during exercise. Zhang Chengliang, director of the Department of Soft Injury, Shenyang Orthopedic Hospital, said that Achilles tendon rupture is caused by suddenly lifting the heel at the moment of takeoff, which is common in basketball, football, tennis and other ball games or track and field sports such as running. This is a common sports injury.
For an athlete like Liu Xiang, due to the high training intensity, the local exercise load will increase. If he is not careful when exercising, his heel or calf will hurt, which will lead to tendinitis. Even if you walk slowly, you will feel the pain in your heart. If the achilles tendon is injured and you keep exercising, it will cause the achilles tendon to break.
Don't forget to warm up before exercise.
Mr Zhang, who is in his early forties, plays badminton three times a week. A few days ago, he invited some friends to play badminton, but he didn't expect a powerful "smash". When he landed, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his right heel. His friend sent him to the hospital for treatment at once. After examination, he found that his right achilles tendon was broken.
Zhang Chengliang said that badminton is very popular now, and the rupture of Achilles tendon in badminton is related to technical movements. When doing badminton spike, the achilles tendon is constantly pulled and stretched. When the calf joint suddenly jumps hard, a single tendon breaks due to uneven stress on both feet or unsynchronized feet when landing.
It is worth noting that most patients with achilles tendon injury who come to see a doctor are young adults in their thirties and forties. This is mainly because these people think they are in good health, do not protect their bodies, or do not warm up sufficiently before exercise, or have bad living habits, which leads to the weakness of achilles tendon.
Zhang Chengliang specially reminded that people who smoke and drink, stand and walk for a long time, and wear high heels for a long time will cause poor blood circulation in the heel, leading to chronic damage to the achilles tendon and easy to break. The damaged achilles tendon may break when playing basketball, badminton, skipping rope and other sports.
It is very important to choose shoes to prevent Achilles tendon injury.
Like young and middle-aged people playing badminton, brisk walking is becoming more and more popular among middle-aged and elderly people. Zhang Chengliang said that middle-aged and elderly people often suffer from achilles tendon injuries when walking at a brisk pace. Achilles tendon is like a rope composed of a large number of slender tendons. When repeatedly impacted by strong external force, its weak parts will break and produce inflammation, which mostly happens in middle-aged and elderly people whose tendon function is gradually weakened.
Zhang Chengliang stressed that it is very important to choose shoes in order to prevent Achilles tendon injury. You can choose suitable sports shoes according to your own sports characteristics, or you can choose thick insoles to spread on the soles, which can raise the heels, prevent them from touching the ground, and cushion the impact of some useless actions on the achilles tendon. In addition, let the calf muscles and achilles tendon relax before running to avoid injury to the calf muscles and achilles tendon during running.
In addition, it is particularly worth mentioning that many women who love beauty like to wear high heels, but if they don't choose the right shoes, they are likely to wear the achilles tendon and form chronic injuries. Zhang Chengliang said that there are many female patients in the clinic. After their heels are too high or inappropriate, they will put a band-aid on the wound. When the wound forms calluses, although the shoes are still pressing the achilles tendon, people often don't feel it, which eventually leads to poor blood circulation, wear, inflammation or infection.
Self-examination and maintenance of achilles tendon.
Zhang Chengliang recommended two methods to detect whether the Achilles tendon was damaged: 1. Do you often feel calf pain after exercise? 2. Sit on the stool, touch the ground with your feet flat, and then lift your heels. Does it hurt? If you feel pain, you should go to the hospital in time to check whether the achilles tendon is really injured. People who feel a little pain when walking can relieve the tension between their legs and achilles tendon by improving their heels, thus relieving the pain; In severe cases, traditional Chinese medicine can be applied externally, smoked and washed to relieve pain. In addition, don't run on the soft ground, which will aggravate the condition; After each exercise, it is best to compress the achilles tendon with ice.
At the same time, Zhang Chengliang pointed out that timely treatment of Achilles tendon injury is the best. Because the muscle is elastic, the achilles tendon breaks and retracts upward, which is difficult to pull down after a long time. At that time, we had to take other methods to repair it, and the effect was not as good as immediate treatment. Moreover, the treatment and rehabilitation of achilles tendon injury should be combined with dynamic and static. That is to say, in the acute stage of the disease (within 0/5 days after injury/kloc-), absolute rest is appropriate, while in the chronic stage, exercise is appropriate, mainly through gradual functional exercise.