I have been battling posterior tibial tendonitis in both feet for over a year. At least that's what I've been told it is. Basically it's pain on the inside of my foot below the ankle bone. I've been to two podiatrist, one orthopedist and three physical therapists. I've tried strengthening PT, resting PT and none of it's done any good. Usually swimming is a recommended exercise for people with feet problems like plantar fasciitis. Well, would you believe that swimming aggravates my feet. It appears the flexion of kicking and the pointed toe position of flutter kicking are what causes the aggravation. Basically I'm only good for about a half an hour before things start getting ugly. I can only pull so much without aggravating the tendonitis in my elbow. *** stroke is actually the least aggravating stroke.
My feet are a set up for problems in that I pronate severely. Yes, I have custom orthotics-they haven't helped, in fact the problem in the one foot didn't start until after I'd gotten the new orthotics.
Anybody ever have this? Anybody ever get rid of it? I'm really sick of this. I can't swim for a couple of weeks because of stitches (mole removal) but I'd like to get back in the swim of things after that.
Thanks for any advice or sympathy.
Jan
Since we're on a related topic:
Has anyone had high hamstring tendinopathy? I've read it's more predominant in runners (which I'm not). It doesn't affect my swimming as much, except for kicking a bit, which is slower. But it's very annoying and healing feels very, very slow. I've done ASTYM and physical therapy but it only helped so much. Right now I'm considering getting a cortizone shot or maybe prolotherapy. It's very frustrating. Any help or advice would be appreciated!
JIM
My husband, who is a runner, had the same hamstring problem. He also tried ART and PT, largely to no avail. He then tried prolotherapy and says it made the problem about 80% better. It's a hard problem to fix, and prolo is not fast. If he races, he still aggravates it. Very tough injury to completely heal. Probably because you've got masses of scar tissue there.
Sorry, plantlady, that does not sound good. If you've tried everything, I can only recommend PRP, plasma regeneration therapy. www.treatingpain.com.
I'm still struggling with tendonitis in the top of my right foot for over a year. I think I'm going to break down and get a cortisone shot, but it apparently results in some hobbling. So I can't do it until I claim victory in my upcoming gridges.
Since we're on a related topic:
Has anyone had high hamstring tendinopathy? I've read it's more predominant in runners (which I'm not). It doesn't affect my swimming as much, except for kicking a bit, which is slower. But it's very annoying and healing feels very, very slow. I've done ASTYM and physical therapy but it only helped so much. Right now I'm considering getting a cortizone shot or maybe prolotherapy. It's very frustrating. Any help or advice would be appreciated!
JIM
My husband, who is a runner, had the same hamstring problem. He also tried ART and PT, largely to no avail. He then tried prolotherapy and says it made the problem about 80% better. It's a hard problem to fix, and prolo is not fast. If he races, he still aggravates it. Very tough injury to completely heal. Probably because you've got masses of scar tissue there.
Sorry, plantlady, that does not sound good. If you've tried everything, I can only recommend PRP, plasma regeneration therapy. www.treatingpain.com.
I'm still struggling with tendonitis in the top of my right foot for over a year. I think I'm going to break down and get a cortisone shot, but it apparently results in some hobbling. So I can't do it until I claim victory in my upcoming gridges.
