VIDEO CASE STUDY: Achilles Tendonitis

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Achilles Tendonitis is one of the most common running injuries due to overtraining. In this video, a sports medicine doctor diagnoses and provides a treatment plan.

*Please know that this video is an example case study and should not be used to diagnose and treat your injury.  If you are experiencing pain you should seek a sports medicine doctor.  FIND A SPORTS MEDICINE DOCTOR

The doctor in this video is:
Jeffrey Kreher, MD
Member AMSSM

This video will go through an example case study on a patient with achilles tendonitis.  The doctor will first get some patient history, then he will perform some diagnostic tests and finally give some treatment options to the patient.

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Member Case Study: Post Achilles Tendonitis Training
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date: May 9, 2011