My daughter is 15 years old and a level 9 gymnast. Early in the season she had a slight sprained ankle. She went to physical therapy and continued to compete. All of a sudden she started getting achilles pain that ran all the way up her calf. The pain was bearable with a watered down routine, so we waited until the competitive season was done nd talked to an Ortho doctor. He said she had acilles tendinosis. He put her in a boot for 3 weks and that didn't help at all so he sent her to PT. it has been 3 months now with no gymnastics and there has ben little to no change in the achilles pain. How long should this take to get better or at least show some improvement? Thanks for any advice you can give me. She is going nuts not being able to d gymnastics.View Thread
I had an arthroscopy on my knee Dec 13, 2011. After my follow-up with the doctor 3 weeks later, I asked him when I could start running again. He told me I could as soon as I could walk 2 miles without any pain. So I tried walking right away and had no pain after 2 miles, so I started a slow jogging program on the treadmill. % minutes walking, 5 jogging at 5mph, I did this off and on until I ran for 15 minutes. It felt great and no pain. The next day I walked again the day after ran the same way as the first time. I didn't have any pain then either until later. If I push on the inside of my knee, to the right of the kneecap, it is quite sore. It doesn't hurt to walk or even run. I am baffled by this pain. It feels like I hit it on something. Any idea on what is causing my pain? Thanks for any info you can provide.View Thread