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Bah. I have tendonitis of the Achilles and plantar fascitis. All directly due to the skating. (The doc was cute; I always bring a typed list of symptoms and background info with me because otherwise I forget something, and when I handed it to him to read, he drew a big circle around the bullet point about skating and said, "There's your problem!")

All of it is, thankfully, resolvable with 2-4 weeks of physical therapy, and he said my new skates will help too. I also got some super-duper anti-inflammatory pills and a recommendation to add arch inserts in all my shoes.

They take x-rays basically as a matter of course, and the doctor was nice enough to use them as a teaching tool, demonstrating how the geometry of my crazy-high arch makes the heel bone rub against the tendon even more than most people's. (And seriously, crazy. high. Even the doc made a O.O face when he brought the x-ray up on the computer.) So that was educational, if somewhat depressing. I think this kind of communication--not getting talked down to, everyone being very willing to explain things--must be more common at practices associated with teaching hospitals, because I've gotten some very "let me explain things! I love explaining!" treatment in the past year. Or maybe it's just that I finally look older than 12 most days. Either way, I appreciate it.

Date: 2013-06-25 11:29 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] jae
Frustrating! But I'm so glad to hear all that doesn't imply that you have to stop skating.

-J

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