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Podiatrist #2
This one says: that's nerve pain ya got there. There's definitely also some inflammation, and some minor tenderness related to the joints themselves. But the major problem comes when the nerves are compressed directly. She was very good at it.
I'm surprised my nerves have so much life left in them, frankly.
Some mechanical things that may be contributing: my very low fourth metatarsal (no padding), my slight hammertoes (no spreading out the load), my orthotics (hard plastic with no shock absorption whatsoever).
She says that sclerosing treatments for Morton's neuroma were tried and given up on "because they work for some people and not for others" decades ago, but are experiencing a resurgence now. I think she meant to imply that they were useless. If they do work for some people, though, I'm still glad I tried that first, because it's both easier and less drastic than surgery.
I now have big fluffy metatarsal pads stuck to my orthotics. There is barely enough room inside my shoes for my feet. I also have a prescription for Yet Another Anti-Inflammatory -- woohoo, collect the whole set. And she says ice it a LOT. A lot a lot.
Intriguingly enough, the pain is different with this pad under my foot. Different spots ache. Seems to me mechanics do play a role. This leads me to believe that if the mechanical problems could be fixed or worked around I'd be fine. The doctor didn't say that, though.
Followup in two weeks. I see dollar signs floating in front of my eyes.
I'm surprised my nerves have so much life left in them, frankly.
Some mechanical things that may be contributing: my very low fourth metatarsal (no padding), my slight hammertoes (no spreading out the load), my orthotics (hard plastic with no shock absorption whatsoever).
She says that sclerosing treatments for Morton's neuroma were tried and given up on "because they work for some people and not for others" decades ago, but are experiencing a resurgence now. I think she meant to imply that they were useless. If they do work for some people, though, I'm still glad I tried that first, because it's both easier and less drastic than surgery.
I now have big fluffy metatarsal pads stuck to my orthotics. There is barely enough room inside my shoes for my feet. I also have a prescription for Yet Another Anti-Inflammatory -- woohoo, collect the whole set. And she says ice it a LOT. A lot a lot.
Intriguingly enough, the pain is different with this pad under my foot. Different spots ache. Seems to me mechanics do play a role. This leads me to believe that if the mechanical problems could be fixed or worked around I'd be fine. The doctor didn't say that, though.
Followup in two weeks. I see dollar signs floating in front of my eyes.
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Yeah, it made my foot swell up noticeably. Oops.
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Have you had a chance to try any of the other stuff in that book you were talking about recently? In between flying to Death Valley and working and having a life, of course :-)
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Of course! I would (do it that way), too.
Yes, I've tried looking for trigger points and massaging them. I don't know whether it's helped. It's blindingly obvious that I do have, by this book's definition, trigger points that need work. That's believable and sane. But whether they are in fact related to my ball-of-foot pain is unclear. My left foot is pretty good, my right is still a mess, and I haven't the foggiest whether they'd be exactly like that *without* what I'd been doing. *sigh* :-)