On Feb 13, 2011, at 4:31 PM, frank theriault wrote: > So, a three weeks ago I get the green light to get back on the bike, > and the next day I notice a somewhat acute (but bearable) pain where I > know the Achilles tendon to be. I continue to ride, hoping I can > "work through it" and it might go away. > > Alas, after three days of "working through it", I realize that > although it's not getting worse, it's also not getting better, so off > to the hospital I go. Sure enough, it's Achilles tendinosis (the new > word for Achilles tendinitis). Not bad, just inflamed (and swollen as > hell), due to getting back on the bike too quickly after 6 weeks off. > I went for a follow-up last weekend, and they told me to stay off the > bike for another two weeks (meaning that, hopefully, next week will be > my last doing the courier thing on-foot-and-transit). Luckily it > doesn't hurt at all to walk. > > Lots of icing and stretching exercises, and this week it's feeling the > best it has since the occurance, plus the swelling it almost gone.
If you're lucky, like me, it'll snap off at the attachment, the doc can nail it back in place, and you'll be good as new, without any irritating tendinitis -- err, tendinosis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
