For achilles tendon pain, do you suggest heat or ice?
For achilles tendon pain, do you suggest heat or ice?
Ice it until the acute inflammation is gone, then alternate hot and cold. Both for a few minutes each or as long as you can stand it. I got rid of serious tendonitis by alternating putting my foot in an ice bucket and then into a bucket of HOT water. Always finish with ice. The hot/cold really irrigates the tendon and sheath with blood. That can speed up the healing as you won't be able to increase the blood flow through excercise alone if you can't run.