Ahh, yes, I should mention that I didn't ski in Villars.

Please be careful when doing the exercise where you pull your toes back and push the back of your knee down toward the floor. If you are overzealous, like I was, you can irritate your Achilles tendon and get tendonitis.

The first I noticed of it was a tingling in the back of my heel, like when you hit your funny bone. Then, after about a week, my skin went numb (while the tendon was still tingling). I went to the doctor and he suggested a steroid shot, but I declined and asked for a recommendation to see my physiotherapist again.

My physio (Julie again) gave me ultrasound and that electricity buzzy thing. I saw her twice. She said it was a mild case of tendonitis, and since I only had discomfort when I did that particular stretch and sometimes when walking barefoot, I have been avoiding the stretch, wearing a slight heel when possible, and generally taking it easy.

It's taken about 6 weeks to go away, 4 after it was diagnosed.

Just be careful, kids. I didn't even notice that I was overdoing it until I had already injured myself.