tightness of achilles tendon, hamstrings?

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Hello, I have CMT 1A, with extreme overpronation. (My Mom has the

really high arches, but I went the other way for some reason). I was

wondering if anyone else has this problem, and what I could possibly do about

it. My achilles tendons and hamstrings are soooo tight. Sometimes when I first

stand up in the morning it's just plain painful for 15 steps or so.

I like to do pilates and yoga and I can do pretty well all the positions, but

I'm just Horrid at positions that require flexibility in those two areas. Like

in the yoga down dog, everybody else has their heels flat on the floor and my

heels won't go any lower

than about 4 inches off the floor. It doesn't seem to matter how often

I try to stretch. My husband (who is a nurse practitioner) thinks I

should wear my AFOs or something to keep my feet at least in a 90

degree angle when I sleep. They're always in a 90 degree angle in my

AFOs during the day, but at night of course they get to flop however

they want.

Rena