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I deal with it all the time, never had it, but it is very common.

Cipro is the one that gives you tendinopathy. Cephalexin is a cephalasporin, not a quinilone

Byron, DO NOT do the stretches in that video. With your other medical issues, you are likely to injury yourself or even rupture the tendon. Do gentle stretches with the foot flat on the ground, with the knee bent and with the knee straight to stretch the soleus and the gastrocnemius, respectively. If it hurts when you are stretching it, you are doing it wrong.


Where exactly does it hurt? Is it the back of your heel or higher up, closer to the level where your "ankle bone" sticks out on the side? Is the tendon itself swollen at the level of your "ankle bone?" If it is going to rupture, that is where it typically will fail.

When does it hurt the most, first thing in the morning, after you have been on it a while, both?

You want to ice it, 10-15 minutes out of every hour you are awake. Frozen peas or corn works well for this, because it will mold around the tendon. Go to the drug store or a sporting goods store and get some heel lifts, adjust-a-lift is a decent brand, put one in both shoes, so you will be even. In the morning, or after periods of rest, it will tend to tighten up. Get a short length of rope or a hand towel to keep in your nightstand for in the morning and in your well set up 944 so you can stretch after driving over to one of your girlfriend's houses before you get out of the car.