I- hope if you are a good candidate you can get it done. It was a good investment in me. One year later I'm riding 4 -5 times a week and not in constant pain. That seemed like a better deal than surgery, recovery,and lots of PT and still no guarantees. I also have found that the achilles pain was all relative I have tight hammies, glutes,lower back and if I treat this sytemically I can prevent further injury.