Achilles tendon epidemic among elite Ethiopian athletes

Introduction The purpose of this study was to investigate the cause/s of Achilles tendon injury among elite Ethiopian middle and long distance athletes. Materials and methods The subjects of the study are 11(3 females and 8 males) athletes aged X =24.8, all reported to our centre complaining of Achilles tendon pain. Assessment card was used to carefully register the subjective and the objective findings. Different therapeutic procedures, such as massage (manual and machine), paraffin wax, American plaster, etc were used. Results Most of them recovered from their pain and demonstrated full range of motion. The most probable cause is found to be training terrain and poor coaching. Conclusion It can be concluded that coaches should give due attention while training on rough and tough trainees (hilly, ups and downs).