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
Yeah, I read about the sinus tarsi implants. The bad news is if you google carefully you'll discover that most insurance doesn't pay for it. It's considered "investigational and experimental". They'd rather people suffer through a tendon transplant and a reset heel bone (that's a good part of what they do for PTT surgery) than give a reversible procedure with a short recovery a try. Why am I not surprised.
I've had an MRI-it shows fluid around the tendons but basically intact tendons. I think everyone posting to this thread can agree that foot pain sucks. When I start swimming again (stitches out the 24th) I will be making friends with the pull buoy. The problem with too much pull buoy is that I've also had tendonitis in my elbow before and have to be careful not to aggravate that.
I'm just hoping my only water exercise option doesn't come down to deep water aerobics. Nice ladies but I'd rather be swimming.
My doctor has also told me to make an appt with a rheumatologist because of questionable results on an anti nuclear antibody test. One test was positive, one negative. This can be associated with lupus or it can mean absolutely nothing.
Off to get a dr appt.
Jan
Yeah, I read about the sinus tarsi implants. The bad news is if you google carefully you'll discover that most insurance doesn't pay for it. It's considered "investigational and experimental". They'd rather people suffer through a tendon transplant and a reset heel bone (that's a good part of what they do for PTT surgery) than give a reversible procedure with a short recovery a try. Why am I not surprised.
I've had an MRI-it shows fluid around the tendons but basically intact tendons. I think everyone posting to this thread can agree that foot pain sucks. When I start swimming again (stitches out the 24th) I will be making friends with the pull buoy. The problem with too much pull buoy is that I've also had tendonitis in my elbow before and have to be careful not to aggravate that.
I'm just hoping my only water exercise option doesn't come down to deep water aerobics. Nice ladies but I'd rather be swimming.
My doctor has also told me to make an appt with a rheumatologist because of questionable results on an anti nuclear antibody test. One test was positive, one negative. This can be associated with lupus or it can mean absolutely nothing.
Off to get a dr appt.
Jan
