He gave me cushion inserts, and I was suppose to check on insurance coverage for the orthotics. I have been trying different store bought inserts hoping to avoid going back to him. Maybe I will have to start wearing shoes at home.

I have a family doctor and physical therapist, who are both runners. Both agreed I hurt my feet in a trail race. The podiatrist told me, "It's your age, overtraining, do triathlons, etc.." Treated me like I was 10. I will keep your podiatrist in mind, if I don't get this figured out on my own.


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Chased,
When I originally hurt my feet, the arches got stressed. The one arch totally collapsed. It hurt like **** and was easy to see.

When I saw the podiatrist, I was having all kinds of problems because feet were compensating for the stressed arches. I had so much pain everywhere, think Doc couldn't diagnose me easily. It wasn't till after I left his office that I figured out the arch is where the root of my problems was. I went to PT, told her my theory of what happened, and what was wrong and she agreed with me.

At Grandma's Expo there was this machine at the Brooks booth used to analyze your feet. He said what I suspected that my left arch is trying to collapse.

I will start wearing shoes all the time. Think I will call and get a new pair of those cushion inserts too. What exercises should I be doing?

How long before you stopped having arch pain? Were you running then?

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quote:<HR>Originally posted by jansd:
Usually an arch will collapse because the posterior tibialis tendon tears. It won't fix itself, no matter what. I'd see another doctor, maybe even an orthopedits if you can't find a podiatrist who is knowledgable about sports injuries.<HR>

The physical therapist thought also that the posterior tibialis tendon teared also. So if it doesn't fit itself, what do they usually do?

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jansd, that is not what I wanted to hear. My family doc says this podiatrist likes to do surgery. Do you know if people usually go back to running well again after surgery?

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Thanks Troy.
They're doing better this week. Wearing shoes all the time helps. I'm still going to get the orthotics, as some people really like them, hopefully I will be one of them.

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