[at-l] Tendonitis (status)

[JPL]

I've lost the summer and looks like the fall.  hoping for some good news 
soon.. :(


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nightwalker" <nightwalker.at at gmail.com>
To: <at-l at mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Tendonitis (status)


>I lost my entire Spring hiking season this year with it. It really sucked.
>
> And someone please tell me that Flix is not really 56 years old?!?
>
> ----- 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?
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