achilles tendon pain

Was dropping in to ask the same question.  Did you have a sudden mileage increase? This can put strain on the tendon and was probably my mistake.

Personally, I'd like to figure out how to get rid of it . . . do I stay off completely until it heals? Keep at it with the ice and ibuprofen? Seeing OP took a 4 week break and is still dealing with the injury doesn't make me especially excited . . .

Achilles Tendinitis

What It Is Tenderness in your lower calf near your heel that usually strikes when you push off your toes
You're at Risk Men with a BMI of 25 or higher (a man who is 5'10" and weighs 175 pounds, for example) who run a nine-minute-per-mile pace or faster
Why The Achilles absorbs several times your body weight with each stride. A faster pace and additional body weight put even more stress on this tendon.
Prevent It Strengthen your calf muscles (with your toes on a step, lower and raise your heels). Stretch your calves (keep your heel on the ground, lift your toes back toward your shin).
Others at Risk People who regularly run hills (the Achilles has to stretch more on inclines) and who have increased their mileage more than 10 percent per week (sudden increases in mileage strain the tendon)

Just got this email back from my PT:

"THere's a number of different approaches you can take on this one. it depends on the symptoms you are having relative to the following time frames: When you first wake up?, when you are just walking around?, throughout the day?, before, during, and after you run? Those are some of the things that would have to be identified before you could put together an appropriate plan of action here. Let me know."

More to come . . .