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It appears that what happens is that the calf muscle gets stiff and
no longer cushions the achilles. If you stretch that out before , during
and after the workout, it feels much better and prevents the injury in
the first place or prevents any further injury. I do it all day now.

   The other thing is to find the exact spot that hurts, and massage it
between thumb and forefinger while flexing it until it stops hurting. It
will hurt like hell at first, and then it is fine. There seems to be
some form of stiffening protective action that is taking place that is
causing the pain, and then causing the favoring which causes more
damage. If there wre real damage, you could not walk. 

   The massage seems to move the chemical that is causing the stiffening
away.

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