This is what has been done historically (and I think still today) to "treat" Achilles tendinosis, which is a surgical technique called scarification. The surgeo

This is what has been done historically (and I think still today) to "treat" Achilles tendinosis, which is a surgical technique called scarification. The surgeon makes small cuts in the tendon to promote inflammation and blood flow and thus increase the speed of tendon repair. Tendon injuries tend to become chronic because of poor blood flow to the tissue. I had a similar surgery 14 years ago (part of the heel bone was sawed off and the tendon was "scarred"), followed by 2 weeks on crutches. I was coming from more than 2 years of terrible pain in my right Achilles. Three months after the surgery, performed arthroscopically, I ran a 10K. I never had any problems or pain after surgery. Intriguingly, being an eternal explorer of alternative methods, I had tried using a number of remedies/procedures to heal my Achilles (acupuncture, "shock waves," electrostimulation). I was an athlete and it was all under medical supervision. Virtually nothing worked except cortisone injections, which only mask the pain for a few weeks. But what did work, albeit for a few hours, was Alpha-stim ("an electrotherapy device that relieves post-traumatic, acute and chronic pain through painless electrical stimulation"). I applied the microcurrents with the stick and pads provided (Alpha-stim is mostly used transcranially) and I remember the pain that was torturing me disappeared for a few hours. I went out for a run and felt nothing, it felt miraculous. I feel that electro-medicine has been understudied and under applied.