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
What a coincidence that you post this, I was just about to make a thread about my plantar fasciitus (or however you spell it). I finally went back to the doctor after about 3 weeks of constant pain in my tendon and on top of that they think I might have a stress facture... I was diagnosed about 2 years ago, and have had problems on and off, but I agree that swimming does upset. Kicking is the worst, and for me personally breaststroke (my favorite :() I can barely do because the flexing causes the tendon to pull even more.
I'm on my way to a podiatrist (finally) next week to see what's going on. The doc at student health also recommended custom insoles which I agree seem to do very little when you hurt really bad. I was going to ask about surgery where they go in and cut the tendon. I don't know about that same option for your condition, but if it's that bad maybe surgery wouldn't be so bad.
In the mean time, make sure you stretch your feet a lot. I like to stand with the balls of my feet on the edge of the pool and push down so that the tendon is pulled slightly...definitely don't do it if your having pain though...did that once, bad idea.
I wish I could be more help, I totally sympathize with foot pain. Good Luck!
What a coincidence that you post this, I was just about to make a thread about my plantar fasciitus (or however you spell it). I finally went back to the doctor after about 3 weeks of constant pain in my tendon and on top of that they think I might have a stress facture... I was diagnosed about 2 years ago, and have had problems on and off, but I agree that swimming does upset. Kicking is the worst, and for me personally breaststroke (my favorite :() I can barely do because the flexing causes the tendon to pull even more.
I'm on my way to a podiatrist (finally) next week to see what's going on. The doc at student health also recommended custom insoles which I agree seem to do very little when you hurt really bad. I was going to ask about surgery where they go in and cut the tendon. I don't know about that same option for your condition, but if it's that bad maybe surgery wouldn't be so bad.
In the mean time, make sure you stretch your feet a lot. I like to stand with the balls of my feet on the edge of the pool and push down so that the tendon is pulled slightly...definitely don't do it if your having pain though...did that once, bad idea.
I wish I could be more help, I totally sympathize with foot pain. Good Luck!
