How to Treat Achilles Tendinitis in the Wilderness

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Walk with a rolling fashion.

   A rolling fashion is where you initially land on your heel, your weight transfers to the front of your foot and your heel lifts up before you swing your leg forward.
   
   Lifting your heel up is the crucial technique element to do.
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   Step 2: When walking up a hill or grade

   , Obviously, to maintain maximum traction and contact with the ground, you might want to keep your foot flat on the ground and slide it forward, but by doing this you are stressing your Achilles tendon. ,, Make heel cups out of cardboard.
   
   Heel cups which are minimal should be the least uncomfortable.
   
   You want to elevate your heel, a bit.
   
   The cupping of the heel prevents the cardboard underneath from sliding to the front of your shoes.
   
   Have a shoemaker add 1⁄8 or 1⁄4 inch (0.3 or
   0.6 cm) to your heel
   - an easy and inexpensive modification that will also add life to your shoes.
   
   With paper glue make insoles out of cardboard with several layers under the heel and just one layer throughout the insole.
   
   A cardboard insole will not last long.
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   Step 3: if the ground is dry and has traction

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   Step 4: maintain the rolling walking technique.

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   Step 5: Use a walking stick when going uphill so you can keep your balance and keep the rolling

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   Step 6: walking movement.

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   Step 7: Walk uphill in a different route which is more step-like or less slippery (so you can walk in a rolling fashion).

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   Step 8: Make a heel cup

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   Step 9: have a shoe repair person add some height to your heel

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    Step 10: or make a makeshift insole.

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