Achilles injections show no meaningful benefit over sham treatment
Commonly used injections for Achilles tendinopathy—pain, stiffness and swelling in the Achilles tendon—offer no meaningful clinical advantage over placebo (sham) treatment, finds a clinical trial published by The BMJ.
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