My Achilles...:(

[SD Tricker]

I do not get it. 2 weeks before my school semester ended my achilles just started to "randomly" hurt. wtf... Well it is just on my left side. I was just in a ballroom dance show and was doing a lot of swing dancing too...maybe that might have something to do with it. I was also walking up and down stairs 24-7 carrying a heavy back pack...I just do not know. But it is not getting better. I am iceing it and staying off of it. Advice? Is a heating pad good or bad for it?

[joepaxton]

Injuries will need ice to start the healing process

[SD Tricker]

umm yeah...that is basicly what i have been doing. It is not really helping much anyways. I think it probably has to do with all the swing dancing I have been doing. I stoped that untill it gets better, so I am stying off of it...i do not get it. it is just not getting better.

[VerdinxJon]

you only need ice the first 24 hours the next you need to heat it.

[Tocano]

explain more.

When does it hurt most? After exercise? Does it hurt to jump off of that foot? When you get warmed up does the pain go away?

[SD Tricker]

I am not tricking or dancing untill it heals. I mostly feel it when walking and after long periods of rest. Like the first few steps after getting out of bed.