“Help! I’ve tried everything—nothing has worked!” When the exasperated patient in front of you tells you that she has tried all the treatments for Achilles tendinopathy to no avail, where do you go? Specialist sports physiotherapist and clinician researcher, Dr Ebonie Rio, brings her trademark pragmatic approach to JOSPT Insights, as she shares top clinical tips for diagnosing and managing tricky tendons.

More on tissue capacity: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26255142/

Revisit the continuum model of tendon pathology: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27127294/