I had it about 20 years ago, in my mid-30's, from trying to study both ballet and african dance.
PT recomended stretching helped me a lot. Pt recommended strength exercises helped some. Switching from a 4 mile round trip walking commute to bicycle helped. Kicking (but not frog kicks) were recommended by my physician, but didn't seem to make much difference.
Good shoes help. (Uh... Carrie Bradshw's expensive shoes were never good shoes.)
I used a lot of NSAIDs. Glad to have put that behind me.
Three months? If your experience is like mine was, that is close to nothing at all. This takes a long time. Mine bothered me for msot of a decade after the original diagnosis. Seems to be OK now.
I would highly recommend asking around and finding the best PT you can. Mosty physicians would be poor substitutes for PTs. Find the best PT you can - there is a huge difference between the good ones and the not-so-good ones.
If you can find a sports medicine physiatrist, that would be helpful. Distrust surgeons. Please don't consider surgery unless a non-surgeon specialist recommends it.
I had it about 20 years ago, in my mid-30's, from trying to study both ballet and african dance.
PT recomended stretching helped me a lot. Pt recommended strength exercises helped some. Switching from a 4 mile round trip walking commute to bicycle helped. Kicking (but not frog kicks) were recommended by my physician, but didn't seem to make much difference.
Good shoes help. (Uh... Carrie Bradshw's expensive shoes were never good shoes.)
I used a lot of NSAIDs. Glad to have put that behind me.
Three months? If your experience is like mine was, that is close to nothing at all. This takes a long time. Mine bothered me for msot of a decade after the original diagnosis. Seems to be OK now.
I would highly recommend asking around and finding the best PT you can. Mosty physicians would be poor substitutes for PTs. Find the best PT you can - there is a huge difference between the good ones and the not-so-good ones.
If you can find a sports medicine physiatrist, that would be helpful. Distrust surgeons. Please don't consider surgery unless a non-surgeon specialist recommends it.
