Last August, My achilles tendon started hurting so after I tried the usual ice, rest, stretching routine, I went to my FP. I informed the FP what I had tried so he referred me to a podiatrist whom I had seen before for a different problem. Unfortunately, this podiatrist was uncomunicative and just tried to sell me a bunch of different things that my insurance didn't cover. By December, I went and got a second opinion. After the second opinion Dr basically said that most of the treatment had not been done according to the way that he would do things, I went with the second Dr.
For the past almost 6mos, he has been treating the problem conservatively according to what all the research I have done says. For 6mos I have been taking anti-inflammitories, various courses of methylprednisone and been giving my foot lots of rest. In Feb, I finally found someone to properly fit me to some shoes and workshoes that didn't hurt. I think that I stopped the source of the injury, but for some reason, I am not healing.
Now, since all of the conservative courses of treatment have been tried, I am going to go for an ESWT treatment (kind of like lithotripsy for kidney stones) which is $800 that insurance does not cover. I am really hoping that this works. Aside from work (some days I walk about 4 miles) I have no activity level because I have been trying to heal so now I feel like a big useless lump instead of the in-shape active person that I used to be.
Thanks for listening to me venting
For the past almost 6mos, he has been treating the problem conservatively according to what all the research I have done says. For 6mos I have been taking anti-inflammitories, various courses of methylprednisone and been giving my foot lots of rest. In Feb, I finally found someone to properly fit me to some shoes and workshoes that didn't hurt. I think that I stopped the source of the injury, but for some reason, I am not healing.
Now, since all of the conservative courses of treatment have been tried, I am going to go for an ESWT treatment (kind of like lithotripsy for kidney stones) which is $800 that insurance does not cover. I am really hoping that this works. Aside from work (some days I walk about 4 miles) I have no activity level because I have been trying to heal so now I feel like a big useless lump instead of the in-shape active person that I used to be.
Thanks for listening to me venting