Background: Achilles tendinopathy (AT) is a typical overuse injury, distinguished by pain encountered at the injured site with weight-bearing activities. It takes place where the tendon inserts into the calcaneus, which is in the middle of the tendon.

Objective: To determine the Occurrence of Achilles Tendinopathy in Regular and Irregular prayer offers

Methods: The cross-sectional survey employed non-probability convenient sampling, enrolling 384 male participants aged between 25-55 years with Achilles tendinopathy. Tendinopathy was assessed using the VISA-A questionnaire. The sample population to 384 people who were divided into two groups which were regular and irregular prayer offers from different mosques in Lahore and Sheikhupura, Pakistan. Data analysis was done by using the IBM SPSS Statistics 25.

Results: Mean +SD for the age of regular prayer respondents was (39.0938+8.940) years. The mean+SD for the Age of irregular prayers respondent was (38.3594+8.17) years. In regular prayer offers, there were 79.7% (n=153) participants had asymptomatic Achilles tendinopathy, while 20.3% (n=39) participants had Symptomatic Achilles tendinopathy. In Irregular prayer offers there were 40.1% (n=77) participants reported asymptomatic Achilles tendinopathy while 59.9% (n=115) participants had symptomatic Achilles tendinopathy. Impact of prayer on regular prayer offers and irregular prayer offers p value showed a significant (P=.039) association between Regular prayer offers and irregular prayer offers.                                       

Conclusion: Prayer has a positive impact on the Achilles Tendon among Regular and Irregular prayer offers. Pearson chi-square showed a significant (P=0.039) association between regular and irregular prayer offers. This study concluded that prayer improves the Achilles Tendon activity in regular prayer offers.

Index Terms- Achilles Tendinopathy, prayer, Kinesiophobia, Quality of life