Thanks for all the great advice and support in this group!

Thanks for all the great advice and support in this group! I’ve have pain in my right foot since the beginning of the year and finally got an MRI. The results are not what I expected. My podiatrist thought I may have had Baxters nerve entrapment instead of PF, but it seems it’s everything but that. I’m a flight attendant who works long international flights and it’s been agony. Here are my results (the condensed version). I think my hope is that we all can find some answers and relieve because living with this kind of injury and pain isn’t it. (MRI results in the comments because it’s too long to list here! )

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Community comment#1

Moderate to severe tendinosis of the tibialis posterior tendon. 2. Split tear of the peroneus brevis tendon. 3. Partial tear of the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL). 4. Partial tear of the calcaneofibular ligament (CFL). 5. Sprain of the posterior talofibular ligament (PTFL). 6. Sprain/partial tear of the deltoid ligament complex. 7. Possible significant bone contusions or nondisplaced fractures of the medial and lateral malleoli. 8. Plantar fasciitis with thickening of the plantar fascia. 9. Mild bone marrow edema of the heel bone and intermediate cuneiform. 10. Small possible ganglion cyst measuring approximately 5.4 mm.

Community comment#2

Did you have an accident?

Community comment#3

Yikes. What is the treatment for all of that?

Community comment#4

Most of this can be healed but you need to get off of that foot/ankle with a non-weight bearing cast for 4-6 weeks and then a cam walker as you begin to transition again for a couple of weeks. I would take you out of work on short term disability. Unfortunately there is no short cut to a good result here.

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#5

Whatever this all means sounds horrific! Hope you can find the right treatments!

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#6

What is the treatment? Are you in PT? Do you need surgery? It sounds extremely painful and I’m sorry you’re going through all of this. 😢

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#7

Ouch, yeah that needs full rest if still freshly injured. How long have these things been there? You’ve not given any indication as to whether any of that is new or been there some time.

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#8

I have not had any new acute injury. It’s just been chronic heel pain and stiffness for 7 months. I did shockwave therapy, acupuncture and it didn’t help much. I read it as I recently sprained my ankle, which I didn’t do.

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#9

no. No acute injury that I’m aware of. I just walk a lot for work and for exercise. But I do have severe osteoarthritis in my right knee and I did walk oddly for a while to compensate for the pain. It’s crazy what our bodies can go through and still function.

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#10

I think many of us can relate with that compensating stuff. For years, I have had one knee that needs to be replaced, one knee that needs arthroscopic, surgery, arthritis, torn meniscus, plantar fasciitis, Bone spurs, and now five months ago I broke four ribs so I think somehow because of the way I move since then I probably brought on this PF flareup.

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#11

yup. I played too many years of soccer. And then took up half marathon training after an ACL reconstruction. 😳🤦‍♀️ our body parts all have expiration dates and I think I speeded up mine a little too fast.

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#12

I think there are things we can do even in spite of these issues that can help us though. That’s what this group is about. I know this flare has been brutal. My bathroom, for example, is roughly 5 to 7 steps from my bed and there have been many nights I didn’t think I would be able to make it partly because I was in so much pain, but partly because that pain caused me to be so unstable on my feet. I do feel like I’m progressing finally. Sometimes I do have setbacks, but they don’t seem to be as long. I went two days without any NSAID’s then I had one the next day I did not have any. Even that’s progress.

Community comment#13

Just cut your leg off. Probably less painful and faster.