Achilles Tendinitis

What are the signs and symptoms of the disease?

Achilles tendinitis is associated with heel or ankle pain, usually slow in onset, and a limp, causing trouble running and jumping. Exercise can make the symptoms either better or worse. The discomfort varies from being just a nuisance to being very painful and restrictive.

The back of the shoe may cause painful pressure on the attachment of the tendon to the heel bone. Sensitivity at the site of inflammation is a consistent sign. For noninsertional tendinitis, swelling is frequently seen and felt. Sometimes there is a rubbing feeling with gliding of the tendon as the ankle moves back and forth. The person may have trouble walking on his or her toes because of pain in the tendon.