The day before yesterday was the 11th day of the London Olympic Games, is also the “flyer” Liu Xiang to participate in the preliminary round of the Olympic hurdles competition, in the men’s 110m hurdles preliminaries in the sixth group, Liu Xiang in the first hurdle was tripped, the country has “flyer” zero results by As his coach said before the race, it was caused by the recurrence of his old injury. Liu Xiang’s right Achilles tendon injury again will be how to heal, family doctors online interviewed Xu Hongzhang, director of the orthopedic department of the Southern Medical University Hospital of Integrative Medicine. Experts provide Liu Xiang with three kinds of Achilles tendon injury treatment options Achilles tendon injuries can be divided into three categories: Achilles tendon rupture (complete rupture and partial rupture), Achilles tendon terminal disease, and tendon peripheral inflammation. Achilles tendon rupture generally recovers well and does not usually affect normal life, but for an athlete, it can directly affect his performance, and even a very small injury to the Achilles tendon may affect the athlete’s power. Option 1: Surgery Xu Hongzhang, director of the analysis of the condition, pointed out that Liu Xiang’s right Achilles tendon injury is very complicated, and the treatment is also very tricky. Liu Xiang once went to the United States for surgery to take out the calcified foci, and now the condition has recurred again, which is likely to cause the tendon to degenerate, harden, lose elasticity, and stick to the Achilles tendon during the treatment process, and secondly, it is possible that Liu Xiang’s tendon had already degenerated before the last treatment in the United States, which is different from the normal Achilles tendon tissue, and he could not find a particularly good method to change it back, which caused the injury again in the London Olympics. He can continue the surgical treatment or physical therapy training again. Option 2: Full-footed jogging training method. ”The primary consideration for professional athletes with ruptured Achilles tendon is surgery, if it is a small part of the rupture can take conservative treatment, but conservative treatment may affect the performance of the athletes”, he said, if Liu Xiang does not want to do surgery again and hope to maintain the original performance, this time can consider physical therapy and full-footed jogging training method. Physical therapy and training are suitable for all athletes with Achilles tendon injuries. It is suitable for patients with moderate to mild Achilles tendon rupture, tendon terminal disease, tendon periarthritis or rehabilitation period. Option 3: Physical therapy If the injury is treated correctly early, physical therapy and training arrangements are appropriate, the pre-injury level can be fully restored. In addition, patients with Achilles tendinopathy and tendinopathies can be treated conservatively, for example, with a little hormone and more rest. If the patient is in the advanced stage of Achilles tendinopathy or tendinopathy, which has caused changes in the tendon muscle, the only options are acupuncture, massage and other physical therapy, or in the most severe cases, surgery to remove the calcified foci of degeneration, hardening or adhesions. Theoretically, it is possible to return to the original state through treatment. Recovery from an Achilles tendon injury causes “after-effects” for the athlete The recovery of an athlete from an Achilles tendon injury is indicated by the absence of pain during exercise. The clinical criteria for recovery is first to maintain or approach the original condition and not to interfere with training; secondly, there is no decline in performance. However, many athletes often suffer from “after-effects” after Achilles tendon recovery. The first is a psychological shadow. For example, many soccer players will consciously pay attention to the injured part during the sport after the Achilles tendon injury, especially when they are in power. The second is the impact on the structure of the tendon tissue changes, resulting in local pain, especially the end of the Achilles tendon disease. For those who are in a better situation, they usually do not feel pain, but will feel pain when they press gently, and will be fine after they move around; for those who are in a serious situation, they will feel pain during the whole process, especially when they make a strong effort, and the pain will affect the performance, which is why some athletes have difficulty in surpassing their original performance after one Achilles tendon injury, and thus have to end their sports career. In the London Olympic Games, Liu Xiang finished the game on one foot after falling and ruptured his Achilles tendon, the Olympic spirit is admirable, but Director Xu Hongzhang pointed out that this behavior is actually very dangerous. When the Achilles tendon is injured, taking first aid measures is good for the recovery of the injured part and reducing the pain. When the Achilles tendon injury, should immediately stop the action, such as athletes stop training, withdraw from the game; such as the Achilles tendon area has damage, you can also put a cast on the Achilles tendon area, and the heel pad high to reduce pressure, or even play some adrenal corticosteroids. Achilles tendon injury care Xu Hongzhang director pointed out that the recovery period of Achilles tendon injury is four months to six months, recovery period athletes should eat more light food, quit smoking and alcohol, more rest, avoid premature activities and barely do high-intensity training and cause re-injury events, while doing some rehabilitation training. Injured athletes can follow rehabilitation standards to do some supplementary therapy exercises to prevent adhesions after surgery. Such as roller training, a round roller placed under the foot gently rolling; soak feet with warm water to reduce tension; full-footed jogging training; heel lifting exercises, can be divided into one or both feet to practice in a gradual manner; slow walking, fast walking, jogging, fast running and jumping and other movements.