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, almost 4 years ago I sprained my ankle by accidentally kicking a dowel on a stool just in front of the outside ankle bone. Since then I've been through 4 doctors, 2 surgeries, 1 cortisone shot, 16 weeks in a boot, 3 weeks on crutches, 3 alcohol-based injections and 5 weeks of PT. I am finally feeling more normal. I can finally kick after almost 3 full years of not being able to. One thing I did when it was really bad was tape the ankle with horse wrap while swimming (athletic wrap that stretches will work as well but the horse wrap was cheaper to buy). It helped to stabilize the ankle more and the pain was less.
The alcohol-based injections were a wonderful thing. It seems that I had an impinged nerve due to the 2nd surgery. The injections helped to deaden the nerve so I don't feel the pain any more. After that I did PT and it helped to heal it more. I'm at about 95% now. I can kick, albeit slowly, but I am moving forward. In fact, right now my shoulders are messed up and all I can do is kick. I wish you luck. I know what it feels like.
Jan, almost 4 years ago I sprained my ankle by accidentally kicking a dowel on a stool just in front of the outside ankle bone. Since then I've been through 4 doctors, 2 surgeries, 1 cortisone shot, 16 weeks in a boot, 3 weeks on crutches, 3 alcohol-based injections and 5 weeks of PT. I am finally feeling more normal. I can finally kick after almost 3 full years of not being able to. One thing I did when it was really bad was tape the ankle with horse wrap while swimming (athletic wrap that stretches will work as well but the horse wrap was cheaper to buy). It helped to stabilize the ankle more and the pain was less.
The alcohol-based injections were a wonderful thing. It seems that I had an impinged nerve due to the 2nd surgery. The injections helped to deaden the nerve so I don't feel the pain any more. After that I did PT and it helped to heal it more. I'm at about 95% now. I can kick, albeit slowly, but I am moving forward. In fact, right now my shoulders are messed up and all I can do is kick. I wish you luck. I know what it feels like.
