Carrying extra weight – especially around your waist – might be causing more trouble than just placing extra physical demands on your Achilles tendon.

Research links being overweight to changes inside the Achilles tendon itself, increasing your risk of injury.

Here's what the science says – and how fat in various areas of your body can cause tendon trouble in various ways.

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📚Chapters in this episode:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:56 Achilles tendonitis recap

00:01:46 Overweight: Body weight vs. blood chemistry

00:03:12 What research on millions of people tells us

00:04:42 How overweight blood chemistry affects tendons

00:09:09 How we can help

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