9Medical Conditions
Certain medical conditions make you more prone to Achilles tendinitis. These include:
– Osteoarthritis: This condition causes inflammation in body joints, especially in your knee, hip, wrist, neck, and hand. Major risk factors include age, injury, and obesity.
– Psoriasis: This is a skin condition that leads to inflammation and scaling.
– Gout: It is a type of arthritis that would result in joint warmth, tenderness, redness, swelling, or pain.
– Rheumatoid arthritis [9]
