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Whether you believe it or not your feet support your body. You need to take care of them the best you can. If you start to feel pain and / or swelling in the ankle area of the foot, you could be showing signs of ankle tendonitis and you should take care of this immediately.

We will talk about what you can do to help prevent tendinitis in ankle and some background information.

Runners and joggers can get into a training mode that can be sometimes hard on their ankles. This also can happen to people who have jobs that required them being on their feet constantly. What can happen is that you may start to develop tendonitis in your ankles.

Lets talk just a minute about what tendonitis is. What you are going to find it is basically the inflammation of the tendon. The tendon actually connects the bone to the muscle. This connectivity is extremely important as you might imagine. Tendonitis can be developed from the tendon being in an overworked situation or possibly too much force being applied.

There are some very common symptoms for this illness. Most times you are going to find pain, swelling and the area will be very tender to the touch. When ankle tendinitis has developed you are going to find it difficult to move the ankle and you will feel a sharp pain going from the ankle up to the calf.

Achilles tendonitis is very similar to ankle tendonitis in the fact that they are both in the foot area and around the ankle. What is going to happen is the Achilles tendon is going to become inflamed. Most of the time this will happen if you are a runner or if your job requires you to be on your feet constantly.

What can you do about Ankle Tendonitis

Now let’s talk a bit about what you can do at home if you are suffering a mild case of ankle tendonitis. One thing that will work wonders is to use an ice pack. A bag of frozen pea’s can work great for this. You want to use the ice for 15 minutes at a time. Wrap your ankle if you need to be on your feet, this will help support the ankle and keep it in place and help prevent further injury.

A cortisone injection helps tendonitis pain and is a good remedy. Doctors don’t like to inject cortisone in the foot area. The ankle tendon is easy to rupture with an injection of cortisone. You may also find relief from ankle tendonitis is by putting a cushion in the shoe. This will help support the foot and help keep you pain free during activity.

Your feet are a vital part of your body. You need to try and keep them from injury including ankle tendonitis or permanent injury could occur.

You need to talk to a physical therapist or an orthopedic doctor to learn how to maneuver your feet during physical activity to prevent injury. Whenever you feel ankle tendonitis pain or swelling in your ankle, try not to over do it. Try to get off of your feet and give them a rest.

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