I last posted on this forum 2 months ago, having had a lot of trouble with achilles tendonitis and recovering from same. Just thought thaat I would add this post as I recently - in despair - went to an acupuncturist (Chinese) for this problem. I endured months of physios,ultra sound, rest, etc.etc.etc., but after 1 session with the acupuncturist my pain had diminished about 70%, and now after 3 visits I have almost no pain at all, and have even been given permisson from my physio to attempt "small" hills from the end of next week. The results for me have been amazing, and I would urge anyone with tendonitis to consider trying an acupuncturist for treatment. My guy is a qualified Chinese practicioner, and a member of the Acupuncturist Society of Australia, I am sure there are similar societies worldwide. I wanted to share this - maybe doing so can help someone else out there who is having problems - only thing I would NOT recommend is the herbal mixture he gave me to drink - yeeeech! It was truly vile!!
I really do hope that this post will help someone, I know what I've been through. By the way, I still ice, stretch and do my strengthening exercises. It's all important, but I am so glad that I tried an alternative to medical treatment.