Hi MickyBee, thanks for your post. I suppose we need to know a little about how recently you were doing sport/activities that would have lead to this situation. A diagnosis of a bursitis should have a route cause but if you have not been running for some time then this should have resolved by now. If not (e.g. a more persistent chronic bursitis) it could be perhaps nudged along in some way.

A problematic achilles would indeed lead to altered and assymetrical mechanics when running that could give rise to all sorts of issues (hip/knee/sacral/low back etc) and unlocking that chain of movement would be wanted to achieve the best possible outcome. This means that whilst your symptoms are in one area, the problem in the chain is elsewhere and we need to find that/those areas. A six year history means there could well be some incidental findings that also may be the result of reactive changes rather than mechanical insufficiencies driving your problem.

I would want to go to a local physio for a thorough assessment of range of motion, symmetry, mobility of your body as it is now. We can then look at a 'problem' list with particular interest in asymmetry (where right side does not equal left side). In the end your symptoms will be the subjective feedback to show if the treatment and rehabilitation approach is working. i.e. we don't want to temporarily mask the pain only to leave the culprit that was causing it alive and well.

Let us know more details as you find them. :-)