I have an old Achilles tendon injury, going on 5 years now. It doesn't stop me from doing active things but it's inflamed after and causes me significant pain. It's the reason I began taking a BPC-157 and TB-500 combo. I have been on 500mcg/500mcg daily dose (split morning and night) injected in the abdomen for about a month. It has helped me feel better from multiple other small injuries but my achillies is still bugging me and is still inflamed (not quite as bad as when I started but still protrudes from my heal about the size of a large marble). I've also been on a ChatGPT perscribed physical therapy regimen and have recently been resting it more than usual. The inflammation and pain is right where my tendon connects to my heal on the outside (confirmed to be soft tissue inflammation via X-ray) and there is really no fat down there to inject into. My question is would I benefit from upping my dose? Should I try injecting near the injury? I have read a lot of anecdotal evidence that BPC is more effective when dosed near the injury. Looking to get some opinions on what my best course of action would be to get it healed.
I hate writing long posts but I kind of know the struggle…
During a deployment I destroyed my ankle and I suffered a peroneal tendon tear. It was horrible! I had surgery to have it reattached but it still caused me serious pain. I wore that stupid boot, did the physical therapy, took pain meds, wore braces, did all the stretches, etc.
Eventually I had another surgery because the Army surgeon didn’t do the greatest job and I wasn’t a good patient during recovery because I wanted to get back into the field. I was young and really abused my body. Eventually I had a second surgery where they cut out scar tissue from the tendon and reattached it. Then I went through everything again. Nothing seemed like it helped and the pain was rough.
Eventually I had PRP therapy (Platelet-Rich Plasma). They draw blood and put it into a centrifuge to separate the plasma from everything else and then they inject it back into wherever you are injured. I had two sessions and each appointment took about an hour. It wasn’t a miracle cure where I felt immediate relief, but over time a good deal of pain subsided. It kind of took the edge off and made it more tolerable.
Recently I had a stellate ganglion block for something else, but as a happy little side effect it took away a lot of discomfort I had in my ankle and knees.
I recommend looking into PRP and a stellate ganglion block. It would take about three hours of your time but it is well worth it.
