Finally in January for my annual physical, I mentioned to my new physician that I had this pain. She prescribed PT which I did for 6 weeks until the woman gave up on me. She cured the acute pain, and now I only have the chronic pain and boy is it chronic.
I finally saw an Orthopedic surgeon in March, who gave me a soft brace to wear most of the time and a boot to wear at night. I have read a lot on the internet and you really have to stop injuring the tendon in order to get over it. That is why I wear the brace all day and the boot at night. I can actually feel the little micro tears when I re-injure it. Stretching it all the time is also very important and building up strength. And ice, ice, ice.
So anyone who knows me knows that patience is not a strong suit of mine and I am being very patient, in my mind anyway. I wear the brace and boot, I stretch before and after exercise, and when I get up after sitting. I am now icing it at least once a day. I am riding the bike instead of walking on the treadmill, although I do walk some of the time for my exercise.
Just when I think it is getting better I slide back and it hurts again. I sometimes wonder if I will be wearing this damn brace and boot forever. I also think maybe I can just continue this amount of exercise and it will always have a bit of pain or tightness. To be honest, at times it really gets me depressed, that I cannot exercise the way I used to. I cannot go for an hour walk without thinking of the consequences of maybe hurting it again.
I will not stop playing golf however. Even though it hurts at the end of a round, I still play every Monday with my lady friends. If I have to be in a wheel chair on the course I am going to play golf.
For now, I stretch, ice, exercise, and wear the support mechanisms and hope that someday this injury will be behind me. I will probably have another one to nurse along at that point but for now this injury is my Achilles heel.
1 comment:
have you tried accupuncture? Couldn't hurt....
Post a Comment