What Can Cause a Repetitive Stress Injury?
Repetitive stress injuries of the foot and ankle commonly occur in runners of all levels. There are many factors to consider leading up to this kind of injury including injury history, tissue capacity, training load, recovery, and equipment.
How to Treat a Repetitive Stress Injury?
The goal of these exercises is to start the process of desensitization as well as rebuild injured tendons/soft tissues. We want to gradually expose the injured area to time under tension before progressing to more demanding movements.
Here are some rehab exercises to treat a repetitive stress injury at the foot/ankle:
1️⃣ Isometric SL heel raise
3 sets of 30-45 sec. holds
2️⃣ Isometric Wall sit + soleus raise
3 sets of 30-45 sec. holds