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
Jan,
I too have been battling tibular tendonitis since September. I have cut out all running and no longer use fins. I cant even push off the wall hard or I go into a weird cramp that feels like the tendon is pulling my calf into my heel.
After PT, ultrasound, orthotics, icing and no results, I got a cortisone shot in one ankle last week. It is working well, so far- now I only have pain and cramping in one leg. I dont know how long it will last, but I am hopeful for the first time in months.
Any improvement for you since your post?
dot
I'd love to know if this cortisone will last!
I've mentioned my gimpy foot here lately, and it sounds a lot llike what I see described here. It started as plantar fasciitis, so I got off running--I'd been training for a marathon--did stretching, icing, cortisone shot, acupuncture, blah blah blah.... And just as the PF started to let up, the top of the foot and the ankle began to act up. :cane:
The only place I can get any intense workouts is in the pool and thank God for that! However, I too have noticed that kick sets irritate the foot and so does too hard a push off the wall with the affected foot.
I think my body has settled on the work-around of using the good foot to do most of the push-off. With kick sets, I try to alternate back kick (with streamlined arms) and also doing streamline kick w/out the board which seems for some reason to alleviate the discomfort.
Fortunately, so far, the pain I get in the water is only mild compared to what happens after only a few mins. of running (as opposed to being able to do most of my masters' workouts--which, granted, are short by some standards). If I didn't have the swimming and no running either, you wouldn't want to be around me. (Picture this: :badday: )
Jan,
I too have been battling tibular tendonitis since September. I have cut out all running and no longer use fins. I cant even push off the wall hard or I go into a weird cramp that feels like the tendon is pulling my calf into my heel.
After PT, ultrasound, orthotics, icing and no results, I got a cortisone shot in one ankle last week. It is working well, so far- now I only have pain and cramping in one leg. I dont know how long it will last, but I am hopeful for the first time in months.
Any improvement for you since your post?
dot
I'd love to know if this cortisone will last!
I've mentioned my gimpy foot here lately, and it sounds a lot llike what I see described here. It started as plantar fasciitis, so I got off running--I'd been training for a marathon--did stretching, icing, cortisone shot, acupuncture, blah blah blah.... And just as the PF started to let up, the top of the foot and the ankle began to act up. :cane:
The only place I can get any intense workouts is in the pool and thank God for that! However, I too have noticed that kick sets irritate the foot and so does too hard a push off the wall with the affected foot.
I think my body has settled on the work-around of using the good foot to do most of the push-off. With kick sets, I try to alternate back kick (with streamlined arms) and also doing streamline kick w/out the board which seems for some reason to alleviate the discomfort.
Fortunately, so far, the pain I get in the water is only mild compared to what happens after only a few mins. of running (as opposed to being able to do most of my masters' workouts--which, granted, are short by some standards). If I didn't have the swimming and no running either, you wouldn't want to be around me. (Picture this: :badday: )
