How to treat an achilles tendon injury?

Depends: Achilles tendon "injuries" may include complete ruptures, degenerative tears, tendonosis, and tendonitis. Treatment varies significantly depending on the injury.

Depends : On what type of injury: strain, bruise, tear or rupture. Some injuries can be treated with rest or anti-inflammatory medications. More sever injuries require prolonged immobilization or surgery.

Rest: In the acute stage rest, ice.Compression, elevation. Mri to make sure there is no tear. Achilles tendon injuries are difficult to treat. They take time to heal.

Don't: While most doctors do not want to see every person who has an occasional ache or pain which is a normal part of life, an achilles tendon injury is not something to manage yourself. You should find out how severe the injury is first. A severe injury can progress to a rupture of the tendon which then requires surgery. This is why we go to medical school; to help people like you.

Several items: As long as you are sure that it is not torn, you can rest it, use ice, compression and elevation. You may want to put a pad in the heel of your shoe to take pressure off the achilles tendon when standing & walking.

RICE: Rest, ice, compression, elevation.

Depends: If you have completely torn your achilles, then it is not something to ignore. It needs to be evaluated and treated, either by surgery or at least casting. If it is an overuse injury causing tendonitis, then rest, ice and antiinflammatories may help.

Achilles: How bad is your injury? Is there inflammation and pain, a partial rupture, or a complete rupture of the tendon. Depending upon how serious the achilles tendon is injured, the best thing to do is to go to your podiatrists, orthopedists or sports medicine specialist for a complete evaluation.

Stretch!: Make sure you do your warm-up and cool down stretches consistently. Check your shoes and make sure they are not wore out. Adding an arch support or heel pad may be beneficial. Temporarily hold back on your exercise intensity or duration. If these things do not work, see a podiatrist or orthopedist.