Achilles injury

[Marshy77]

Stupidly played in a charity football match 3 weeks ago and an old injury flared up. Still sore, hobbling around a bit and going on our delayed annual lads trip next weekend.

As a right handed golfer, how much impact on our right achilles is used during your swing? If it was my left achilles I think, if I'm correct in my thinking, that it would affect my swing/stance/weight distribution more.

 

[pokerjoke]

I have a very bad left Achilles,however during the swing I feel no discomfort.
When walking just a little till it warms up.
Afterwards it’s a bitch for a day or so.
I suspect on the right foot it would be similar

 

[Marshy77]

I have a very bad left Achilles,however during the swing I feel no discomfort.
When walking just a little till it warms up.
Afterwards it’s a bitch for a day or so.
I suspect on the right foot it would be similar

Had some physio last week and have been doing stretches and it has eased a little. Like yourself it starts to ease up when I've been walking but the next couple of days after football it was killing!

 

[pokerjoke]

Do you mind me asking your age.
I’m 56 ,did my Achilles when I played football in my 30s.
Had 4 cortisone injections when the doctor was telling me he would do 2 but I kept asking.
He did say I would suffer later in life.

 

[Marshy77]

Do you mind me asking your age.
I’m 56 ,did my Achilles when I played football in my 30s.
Had 4 cortisone injections when the doctor was telling me he would do 2 but I kept asking.
He did say I would suffer later in life.

45. Hasn't troubled me at all for over 10 years since I last played football.

 

[Old Skier]

Put some heal raisers in the shoe and it reduces the stretching of the achilles and reduces the discomfort.

 

[sunshine]

I tore my right achilles last year playing football. I was able to play golf after a few weeks. The main issue was walking around the course, I had to get a trolley as I couldn't carry a bag any more. The actual swing was barely affected, it's as bad as ever.