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Achilles Tendonitis
All YOU simply need is the right treatment.
We have products that are custom designed to treat specific areas of your ankle.
Ankle injuries are tough. You don't always feel pain in the same spot.
Sometimes you will feel pain on the top of your foot, or on the side of your ankle. The BFST and ColdCure Ankle Wraps can help with that.
If you feel pain on the back of your ankle instead, then the Achilles Wraps are the right choice.
Whether your issue is a sprain, tendonitis, or something more serious like a tear, these are the products that you need.
If your injury is located in the front or sides of your ankle, you need our BFST® and ColdCure® Ankle Wraps. These devices are designed to treat Ankle Sprains, Peroneal Tendonitis, Tibialis Anterior Tendonitis, Extensor Tendonitis and Ankle Pain. Normally, this is a very difficult area to treat due to the shape and location, but our Ankle Wraps do an exceptional job of targeting the top of the foot and both sides of the ankle. These two products are everything you need to relieve the pain and heal your ankle. This is a complete treatment that will carry you all the way from the initial injury to months after you've finished healing. And you'll be pleasantly surprised at how much faster your recovery can be.
I love these wraps! I think they are the greatest thing in the world! Greatest thing since sliced bread. They are the best things I have ever found and are just so easy to use. I have already noticed some progress. Thank you.
Customer: 4156847 ColdCure Ankle|BFST Ankle Jan 19, 2015
The BFST® and ColdCure® Achilles Wraps are exactly what you need to treat your Achilles Tendonitis, Achilles Tendon Tears, Achilles Paratendonitis, Achilles Tendinosis and Achilles Tenosynovitis. They're ideal for any injuries or conditions in the back of your ankle. These devices wrap up and down the entire back of your ankle for maximum coverage of your Achilles Tendon. Because of the special design of these wraps, they get in all the areas a generic wrap just can't. These two devices cover pain and swelling relief, healing of the injury itself, as well as re-injury prevention. You can't find this technology anywhere else. It's unique to King Brand®. You'll be amazed at how quickly you can heal and feel better.
It's absolutely fantastic. I ruptured my Achilles tendon a few months ago and just in the physiotherapy phase now and get a bit of swelling and this wrap is perfect. It's really very helpful and works beautifully!
Customer: 4439292 ColdCure Ankle May 11, 2015
KB Support Tape™ is the ultimate accessory to your BFST® and ColdCure® Wraps. Use it between treatments with the Wraps or anytime your ankle needs extra support and protection. This is what will help you avoid re-injury during the recovery process, and this contributes to a much faster recovery time. This is especially important during physical activity.
The above image shows an example of a tape application for Achilles Tendonitis. We encourage you to look into various applications for your ankle injury to find the one that works best for you. Applications will differ depending on the area of your ankle that's injured and what type of ankle injury it is. There are plenty of examples online.
The King Brand Achilles Recovery Packs listed below include everything you need to heal as quickly as possible from your Achilles Injury.
The Achilles Recovery Packs are designed to treat the back of your ankle.
If you have pain on the front of your ankle, or on the sides, please see the Ankle packages below.
As an added bonus, the Recovery Packs include a discount that's been built into the package price.
The Three Piece Recovery Package deal has been created to include the three essential items that you need to heal your underlying Achilles injury.
Use the BFST® Achilles Wrap to stimulate blood flow and provide nutrient rich oxygenated blood flow throughout your ankle.
Use the ColdCure® Achilles Wrap for superior cold compression to relieve even the most stubborn pain.
Use the KB Tape® to protect your Achilles from further injury during times of activity.
KB Tape® does this without risking further damage like happens with compression bands.
Save THE MOST when you buy all 4 items!
The Four Piece Recovery Pack is designed for people who are always on the go, and want the convenience of treatments anywhere and at any time.
This bundle includes everything mentioned in our Three Piece Recovery Pack, and also includes our BFST® Battery Pack.
With the BFST® Battery Pack, you don't need an outlet.
You can take your treatments in the car, on the plane, or wherever your day takes you.
With a full charge on your BFST® Battery Pack, you will have more than enough power to complete all of your treatments for 2 or 3 days between charges.
The Achilles Bargain kit has been created to include the three essential items that you need to heal your underlying Achilles injury using a low cost cold wrap to help keep the price down
Use the BFST® Achilles Wrap to stimulate blood flow and provide maximum nutrient rich oxygenated blood flow throughout your ankle.
Use the Cold Basics Achilles Wrap for cost effective cold compression to relieve your Achilles pain.
Use the black continuous KB Tape® to protect your Achilles from further injury during times of activity.
KB Tape® does this without risking further damage like happens with compression bands.
The Lowest Price when you buy consumer grade instead of medical grade!
The Basics Combination is designed for people who are just needing a little help and want some old fashioned hot and cold therapy for their Achilles.
The Achilles Heating Pad feels very soothing and is the old-school version of healing before there was BFST.
This is a consumer grade athletic wrap, not a medical device, but it is still a heating pad that is made by a medical company so where heating pads are concerned you won't find a better one for your ankle anywhere!
The Basics Cold Wrap has a single sewn in cold pack compared to the 3 replaceable ones you get with our medical ColdCure wrap, but it is still very powerful and a good cost effective option.
Both Basics products are slip on elasticized fits as opposed to the velcro secured and adjustable medical devices, but they still fit very well for most people who aren't really large or small.
The tape in this package is a continuous black roll.
It is the same high quality medical grade tape that will provide maximum safety and effectiveness for continuous use.
Unsure about which product to use? Want to discuss your injury or condition with a knowledgeable King Brand® Advisor?
Call us toll free now at 1-844-672-9440. Our Advisors will help you pick the right products and can develop a treatment plan for you. We want to help you heal and feel better.
The King Brand Recovery Packs listed below include everything you need to heal as quickly as possible from your Ankle Injury.
The Ankle Recovery packs are designed to treat the Front and Sides of your Ankle.
If your pain is on the back of your ankle, please look at the Achilles packages above.
As an added bonus, the Recovery Packs include a discount that's been built into the package price.
The Three Piece Recovery Package deal has been created to include the three essential items that you need to heal your underlying Ankle injury.
Use the BFST® Ankle Wrap to stimulate blood flow and provide nutrient rich oxygenated blood flow throughout your ankle.
Use the ColdCure® Ankle Wrap for superior cold compression to relieve even the most stubborn pain.
Use the KB Tape® to protect your Ankle from further injury during times of activity.
KB Tape® does this without risking further damage like happens with compression bands.
Save THE MOST when you buy all 4 items!
The Four Piece Recovery Pack is designed for people who are always on the go, and want the convenience of treatments anywhere and at any time.
This bundle includes everything mentioned in our Three Piece Recovery Pack, and also includes our BFST® Battery Pack.
With the BFST® Battery Pack, you don't need an outlet. You can take your treatments in the car, on the plane, or wherever your day takes you.
With a full charge on your BFST® Battery Pack, you will have more than enough power to complete all of your treatments for 2 or 3 days between charges.
Do you want to find out how well you are recovering from your Ankle Injury? Track your Symptoms and Treatments using our Symptom Tracker. This easy to use tool provides a method for you to log lots of information about what you're experiencing, how you are managing your ankle injury, and how your life is impacting your condition. Our specialists can review the information and provide you valuable feedback on a routine to minimize re-injury and shorten your recovery time.
Think about all the times you've wished you had asked your doctor or therapist about something you forgot to mention. When you see them, they rush you and you're back out the door quickly, and you're kicking yourself for not getting your questions answered. Have questions? At any time, you can request a King Brand Trained Treatment Advisor to reach out to you to answer any questions you might have about your treatments, recovery, symptoms and much more. You can record all the notes and information you want in symptom tracker so the specialist always has all the information possible to give you the best advice. This is much better care than you get with the usual medical network. All this is free as a King Brand customer.
Physiotherapists and doctors recommend stretching and strengthening exercises because it helps to promote blood flow through your injured ankle. Remember, it's the motion in our ankle that causes the synovial fluid to circulate. When we are injured though, we need to reduce our activity, and that leads to a weakening of the muscles called Atrophy. In the early days of recovery, it is only the motion that we need to pump the joint. We don't need to bear a lot of weight on the ankle. Really, as long as you don't feel pain, whatever activity you are doing is probably okay. So in the early days of recovering, the early days of PT, the key is motion, not exercise.
Physiotherapy is also intended to help strengthen the surrounding muscles to rebuild that lost muscle once you are on the mend. But, it can be harmful if heavy stretching and exercises are started too early. Your injury first needs to stabilize, and in order to stabilize the injury you need to rest. If you still have significant injury, any physio you do should start off very light.
Our advice is, don't start Physical Therapy until your condition has stabilized. When you start, if you feel pain during or after PT, speak up! Your clinician can't feel what you feel, so it is very important to advocate for yourself during physio. Let them know how it feels at each stage so they can use that as a guide to treat you properly. PT is not supposed to hurt and if it does you may be re-injuring your ankle. Never drive through the pain. If your physio recommends you work through the pain you should consider a different therapist.
When you rest, your blood flow slows down which doesn't help your injury heal. This is why BFST® is so important to start early on in your recovery. The BFST® will increase blood flow when you can't exercise and stretch aggressively. This enables exchange of nutrients and waste with the synovial fluid - to promote the healing process. So, with BFST, you can have increased circulation for hours even though your actual motion of your joint is quite light and that is invaluable to your ankle.
BFST stimulation also helps prevent re-injury when you become more active. Giving your ankle BFST before any activity triggers the ankle as though there is significant exercise going on. Think of it as a warm-up lap for your ankle before you actually start the exercise. That warm-up is invaluable in preventing re-injury, particularly if you were fairly immobile before hand. Start BFST early. The earlier the better! Use the BFST® to warm up your ankle before PT and before any other heavy activity. This will help prevent further injury as a result of the PT activity.
At the beginning of your injury, even before the injury has had a chance to stabilize and long before you start physio, the ColdCure® Wraps will help keep the pain and swelling under control. Cold compression is highly recommended to stabilize a fresh injury. And when you are active, invariably, you're going to aggravate your condition to some degree. If you're very active, you may aggravate it a lot! After any activity where you may have aggravated your injury, use cold compression to minimize the negative impact and stabilize your ankle. Always use your ColdCure® wrap after any heavy activity and after PT.
The KB Support Tape™ should be applied every morning and worn all day long to help prevent re-injury, including to PT. It protects you when you move. KB Tape is armor for your injury. For many people, King Brand® products, used in the comfort of your own home, are all that is required without having to attend and pay for Physical Therapy appointments. Because you don't have to move to use them, the King Brand BFST® and ColdCure® Wraps can be started any time in your recovery process.
BFST® + ColdCure® Treatments
BFST® for Rapid Healing
ColdCure® for Pain & Swelling
KB Tape™ to Prevent Re-Injury
Combination Therapy means using ColdCure® and BFST® in combination by alternating treatments, as well as using KB Support Tape™. Combination Therapy is much more effective than using just ColdCure® or just BFST®. This is because you're getting both the pain and swelling relief of ColdCure®, the healing benefits of BFST®, as well as the protection and re-injury prevention of KB Support Tape™. This combination results in the absolute best treatment for your Ankle Injury.
A very important part of treating your condition is to use the ColdCure® Wrap.
This will help to help reduce the inflammation you may have and cannot see, deep down in the soft tissue.
You can use it several times a day.
Use it anytime you want pain relief and after any significant exercise of your ankle, even if it doesn't hurt afterward.
You should rely more heavily on ColdCure® treatments immediately after exercise because the inflammation will continue to re-develop when you are active.
Being aggressive with back to back cold treatments after exercise will give your body a chance to get ahead of the inflammation, and prepare your ankle for the blood flow that's needed to help heal quickly.
Introduce your BFST® treatments at your less active times of day and before significant exercise if you have to do some.
Keep your swelling and inflammation under control with ColdCure® but do not use ColdCure® and BFST® close together.
Use BFST® in the morning, before bed, and after longer periods of resting your injury.
When doing your treatments, you should only feel a slight warming sensation.
At any time, if it feels HOT or uncomfortable, the treatment will not be as effective as if it is just mildly warm.
Each BFST® Treatment will last only 20 minutes, but the increase in blood flow will last up to four hours.
Ideally your treatments should be spaced out throughout the day, so you can promote good blood flow all day long.
If you can't do 3-4 treatments a day, your two most important treatments are first thing in the morning, and right before you go to bed.
This will ensure that you have a great start to your day and you can rest well at night.
If you are planning on being active throughout the day, complete a BFST® treatment before any type of physical activity.
It can be as simple as mopping the floor.
Always assess how you are feeling after your activity, as there's a chance you may need to apply your ColdCure® to treat any new inflammation generated during your activities.
The goal with your BFST® Treatments are not to increase on the levels as quickly as possible, but to condition your circulatory system to allow for the much needed increased blood flow.
Staying on the lowest level to where you feel any warmth - remember it's just a slight warmth - will be the most effective way to start healing your ankle injury.
When can you move up to the next level?
You can move up in levels when you feel barely any warmth from the wrap at all.
This means that you've successfully conditioned your circulation and you're ready to move up.
Some people can move up in a few weeks, some people it takes a lot longer.
It just depends on how well your body adjusts to the increase in blood flow.
Do a ColdCure® treatment any time you experience a pain flare-up or after any physical activity to prevent further injury and reduce swelling and inflammation.
Remember, staying on top of your inflammation will allow you to complete more BFST® treatments throughout the day.
Wait 30-45 minutes after your ColdCure® treatment before doing another BFST® treatment.
This time will allow the blood flow and body temperature to regulate again.
Refrain from using ColdCure® within the 4 hours following your 20 minute BFST® treatment, unless you notice an increase in pain during your BFST® Treatment.
ColdCure® treatments will slow down the blood flow, which isn't ideal, but is sometimes necessary to relieve the swelling and inflammation generated.
The BFST® will increase your blood flow which is important for faster healing.
KB Support Tape™ is very important to help with your condition's recovery. As you move throughout the day, your skin and your tendons move with you. Using the KB Support Tape™ over your injury will make your skin less flexible - therefore protecting your injury - without restricting your range of motion. KB Support Tape™ can be used at the same time as your BFST® and ColdCure® Treatments without any issues. Try to have your first BFST® treatment of the day without the KB Support Tape™ applied. After your BFST® treatment has been completed, then apply the tape. Removing the tape before the last BFST® treatment of the day will provide the best results.
When you're recovering from an ankle injury, the pain ends long before you've finished healing. In fact, the pain is usually gone once your tissue is about 20-30% healed. The entire healing process is very complex, and takes much longer than most people realize. (You can click here for the full story on tissue healing). The key thing to remember is that long after the pain stops, your underlying injury is still healing. This means you need to keep doing BFST® treatments in order to complete the healing process. Doing regular BFST® treatments for several months after the pain is gone is extremely beneficial. Do a BFST® treatment prior to any physical activity. This will act as a warm up for your circulatory system. You should also continue to use KB Support Tape™ to help protect the ankle from re-injury.
King Brand® soft tissue rehabilitation medical products are the #1 choice of top Athletic Therapists and Medical Practitioners worldwide. We provide guaranteed results and customer satisfaction. Like all King Brand® products, there simply isn't a better performing option. All King Brand® products come with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Try our products and if you are not completely impressed, you can send them back for a full refund. We know you will love them though because thousands of people already use them and rave about the results.
The King Brand® products shown are FDA Registered medical devices. That is not all. They are also registered with Health Canada which means they get twice as much review.
FDA and Health Canada Registration does not mean that we fill out a form to become Registered. Our claims are quite significant, and because of these claims the government agencies visit for week-long inspections to ensure that the end user is always receiving the safest effective medical devices we can offer. With two different countries of regulators this means our products get twice the oversight, ensuring exceptional quality and performance.
It is not required but we are also ISO-13485 compliant and registered. This enforces standards are established by the International Standards Organization for global manufacturers of medical devices. This means more on-site week long audits every year ensuring our quality and products meet strict international standards.
It is not required by any regulator, but we use only the safest materials in our products. ISO-10993 regulation ensures that our products are made from higher quality materials than most baby products, including diapers. This is the highest bio-compatibility safety standard in the world. This is the highest hospital grade - think Intensive Care and Operating Rooms. Our materials go through ISO-10993 testing to ensure they are safe for you. No consumer products are produced to this high standard.
King Brand products are, in fact, hospital grade through and through. ISO-60601 is the International Standard for Medical Device safety from an electrical standpoint. In spite of the BFST® being an electrical device, BFST® can be used in hospital emergency rooms and operating rooms without affecting other equipment. You can use any medical device with a BFST® and neither device will know the other one is there. This is a very tough standard to meet, but we do it and you benefit.
King Brand products meet over 20 different safety and quality standards that are not required even for medical devices and FDA registration. If we think there is anything that can be done to make our products safer and more effective, we have done it. That is the approach to everything we do and that is why our company and products are so highly regarded.
