Hi All

I hurt my achillies tendon a couple of weeks ago, i think during a circuit training session. It gradually got worse to the point that i couldn't walk properly due to the pain and i had to stop running a couple of days later. I've been to my GP who is a runner himself and also to a private physio and it has been confirmed as achilloies tendonosis rather than a partial rupture/tear, which i was fearing. The physio put some rock tape on it and although some people report good results i'm not sure whether its doing anything much - i've been putting an ice pack on it and doing the eccentric exercises too but after a week of this it doesn't feel any better. On the advice of my GP I am preparing to have to pull out of the Excalibur marathon on 23/03/13, which i've been training for and looking forward to - can't believe how frustrating it is not to be able to run!

Is anyone able to offer any insights re: how long this type of injurt takes to recover from? Looking at other posts it seems the answer might be akin to "how long is a piece of string?"

I was also wondering if there anything else i could do to speed up recovery - i notice the previous post re: the Stassburg sock, but isn't that for a different type of injury, Plantar Fasciitis? - or can this type of sock be helfpul for achillies problems too?

I was also wondering if anyone who has had this type of injury has tried using an ankel support / gel heel pads to aid recovery and possibly provide support when initially starting to run again - it wasn't suggested by the GP or physio but i came across this on eBay and wondered if it might help - i'm pretty desperate for anything that will help get back up and running! : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gel-Achill...item337fde66e5

cheers
Tid