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Achilles Tendonitis : Symptoms

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Symptoms List

Symptoms could include:
  • Mobility Limitation
  • Swollen Tendons

Symptoms Overview Articles

Achilles tendinitis
Symptoms usually include pain in the heel when walking or running. The tendon is usually painful to touch and the skin over the tendon may be swollen and warm. Achilles tendinitis may make you more likely to have an Achilles rupture. This conditio...
Source:ADAM
Date:September 21, 2006

Specific Symptom Articles

Heel pain
Plantar fasciitis is inflammation of the thick connective tissue on the sole of your foot that attaches to your heel...Night splints can help some types of heel pain...The pain is usually felt at the bottom of your heel and is often worse in the morning because of stiffness that occurs overnight...
Source:ADAM
Date:May 12, 2008
Understanding Heel Pain
Understanding Heel PainYour heel is the back part of your foot. A band of tissue called theplantar fasciaconnects the heel bone to the bones in the ball of your foot.
Source:StayWell
Date:August 14, 2003
Pain
Definition and classification Pain is a universal human experience. The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as " an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Pain
Pain, medically termed "nociception," is a response to noxious stimuli that is conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons . The discomfort signals actual or impending injury to the body.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Communicating About Pain
Communicating About PainResourcesAmerican Pain Foundation888-615-7246www.painfoundation.orgAmerican Chronic Pain Associationwww.theacpa.orgThe National Pain Foundation www.painconnection.orgYou have a right to have pain treated. Untreated pain can...
Source:StayWell
Date:August 14, 2003
Pain
Pain is an unpleasant feeling that is conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons. The discomfort signals actual or potential injury to the body.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Measuring Your Pain
Measuring Your PainA pain scale helps you rate pain intensity. In the scale, 0 means no pain, and 10 is the worst pain possible.
Source:StayWell
Date:August 14, 2003
Pain
Pain is an unpleasant feeling that is conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons. The discomfort signals actual or potential injury to the body.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Pain
Pain is an unpleasant feeling that is conveyed to the brain by nerves in the body. Pain arises from any number of situations.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Foot, leg, and ankle swelling
Abnormal buildup of fluid in the ankles, feet, and legs is called peripheral edema.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 17, 2007
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