[at-l] Tendonitis (status)

[JPL]

Had an MRI today.  We'll see what that tells us.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sloetoe" <sloetoe at yahoo.com>
To: "JPL" <jplynch at crosslink.net>; <at-l at mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Tendonitis (status)


--- JPL <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:

> My tendonitis seems to be getting marginally better,
> but very slowly.
### Yeah, as was posted, this stuff takes a *really*
long time to recover, even when it's quick. Sheesh.

> I 
> still can't push off on the ball of my foot.  A
> small "knot" has developed 
> on the tendon,
### Probably the rip your MD want to MRI. It'll look
like frayed rope. Ewwwww.

> and the pain has migrated upward a
> bit, away from where the 
> tendon joins the heel (I'm guess about this
> 'migration'; its hard to tell).
### The pain might too be new muscular stresses, as
healing and muscle elongation change where/how
friction points are. Dynamic little devil.

> I can walk but with a limp.  I'm not doing any
> hiking, but just everyday 
> walking, about 4-5000 steps a day.
### Hopefully in low or no-heeled shoes. Shoe heels
are evil.

> My doctor now wants me to have an MRI, 
> thinking that there is a small tear in the tendon.
### That knotty thing. OOo! Google "cross-fiber
massage."
 
> I use heat and cold packs, and gently stretch the
tendon several times a day.
### You're stretching the muscle, not the tendon.
(Which is good.) Cool the tendon (deflamatory), heat
the muscle (relaxing and lengthening)...

> Thanks for all the input.
### I know patience was mentioned, right?