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05. Tendons and tendinopathy with Jill Cook

Physio Edge podcast with David Pope

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The Role of Foot Posture in Achilles Tendonopathy

There's no evidence that foot posture has any effect on Achilles, certainly not pronation. There is some evidence that if you have a supernated rigid foot and limited dorsiflexion, you are more prone to Achilles. So I really worry about foot posture at all, but I am concerned about ankle range of motion in dorso-flexion. Aside from that, that and calf strength, that's it,. That chipot. You don't actually need to do a tongue more than that. Okay. No study hasn't been done. Nobody's ever shown. They've shown that concentric bite self isn't very good, but they've never shown that eccentric

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