I have an achilles tendon issue that seems to be developing. It started with a popping or hanging sensation in my right leg when performing specific movements. For example when doing a lunge, when my right leg is the back leg and I extend up from the lunge, I feel like my tendon is hanging up when I return to standing. Same sensation when I stand up after a push up. There is no noise, just the sensation. This feeling started about four weeks ago, but I had not experienced any pain.

Last week however I stated to feel some pain while running, but not much. On Saturday, the pain got pretty bad on a run and lingered for the rest of the day. Everything felt fine by Monday, but I resisted the urge to run until a short run yesterday (Wednesday). The first 25 minutes it felt strong, but then a mild pain started to come on. Nothing bad, but I could tell it was there. I am hesitant to keep running as I do not want this to become a thing.

Any thoughts on what is going on? Or what the solution is? Any chance this will clear up after a week of no running or do I need to go see a doctor?