{"id":5737,"date":"2018-01-26T12:18:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T12:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conquestcapital.africa\/websites\/droburu\/?page_id=5737"},"modified":"2018-01-26T12:18:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T12:18:53","slug":"achilles-tendon-disorders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conquestcapital.africa\/websites\/droburu\/ankle-and-foot\/achilles-tendon-disorders\/","title":{"rendered":"Achilles Tendon Disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Other common names<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Tendon Achilles tendinitis<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Tendon Achilles rupture<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Who does it affect?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Anyone\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Why does it occur?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The cause of this condition is unclear and controversial. It can either occur at the insertion onto the heel bone or more commonly about 3-5cm above the insertion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Symptoms<\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Well localised pain either at the insertion of the Tendon Achilles onto the heel bone or just above. It is made worse by resisting ankle movements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Investigations<\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Ultrasound or MRI scan will confirm the thickened tendon with any areas of degeneration within the tendon and can exclude a tear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">X-ray can exclude an underlying bony prominence of the heel bone if pain is at the insertion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Non-operative treatment<\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Rest, anti-inflammatory analgesics, avoidance of aggravating activities, temporary use of heel inserts, stretching exercises and physiotherapy, with the use of ultrasound or laser.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Operative treatment<\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">If conservative treatment fails, surgical intervention may be necessary. This would require tendon release, tendon debridement +\/- repair +\/- excision of bony prominence from the heel bone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other common names Tendon Achilles tendinitis Tendon Achilles rupture Who does it affect?\u00a0 Anyone\u00a0 Why does it occur?\u00a0 The cause of this condition is unclear and controversial. It can either occur at the insertion onto the heel bone or more commonly about 3-5cm above the insertion. Symptoms Well localised pain either at the insertion of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5722,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5737","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conquestcapital.africa\/websites\/droburu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conquestcapital.africa\/websites\/droburu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conquestcapital.africa\/websites\/droburu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conquestcapital.africa\/websites\/droburu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conquestcapital.africa\/websites\/droburu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/conquestcapital.africa\/websites\/droburu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5738,"href":"https:\/\/conquestcapital.africa\/websites\/droburu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5737\/revisions\/5738"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conquestcapital.africa\/websites\/droburu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conquestcapital.africa\/websites\/droburu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}