Wallmann's regime

Hello everyone
Today we are going to discuss Wallmann'sregime and Alfredson's regime. Which is very useful for the rehabilitation of Achilles tendinopathy.

Wallmann's regime
After the initial 5-10 min, a warm-up patient will do a calf raise exercise progressed by increasing the load and speed of eccentric lowering.

Level 1

     Bilateral Straight leg hill raise. Then put the toes down of injured leg down and lower both legs           slowly and alternatively.
     5 Sec*10 repetition*3 sets
     Increase the lowering speed to 2 seconds, and to 1 second.

Level 2

     Do both legs lowering together.

Level 3

     Progress to the uninjured leg alone during the raising phase and the injured leg alone lowering.

Level 4

     Progress to both legs during the raising phase and the injured leg alone lowering.

Level 5

     Finally, lowering and raising only with the injured leg.