Heel Pain

[mrc]

i am trying to connect with anyone who has had ossatron treatment and/or surgery-topaz microtenotomy. i need to know if you had good or other results. i am a runner who has been down for about 7 months and has had conservative treatment with no resolution for plantar faciicis/faciosis.

[catsandra]

did you end of having this shock therapy? it's been over a year since this was written and just ran across it.....i needed the same answer as I read this might be good for the heel pain. write me [moderator note: e-mail address has been removed]

[mrc]

yes i did have the shock wave therapy last august 2007 and would have details to share with you about that successful procedure but the post stated you removed your email. before i get into the treatment, could you indicate if you are still interested?

[catsandra]

Yes I am interested it is june 4 2008. I typed in my email address but they removed it, looks like the moderator did it. They did let me know of your reply but I guess they only let you talk thru here??Cindy

[mrc]

cindy, let me go back through my notes and stuff and put a narrative together and post it; look for it over the weekend or monday. i was very satisfied by the way with the ossatron and am back to light running in the woods which is soft on the feet for 30 to 45 minutes 2 or 3 times a week, which is a huge improvement for me since i was shut down from running or tennis from about may 07 to march 08. mike in gainesville,ga.

[mrc]

while im getting my post organized, can you give me an idea of the problems you have had and treatment tried? mike from gainesville.

[mrc]

catsandra- are you still there? no reply to my last post. mrc.

[Coder2000]

Mike, I'm interested in learning about this procedure. I don't know for sure PF is what I have, but it does sound like it. I became aware of it just one week ago while sitting at my desk at work. At that time the pain seemed to be coming from under my left ankle. I noticed it was a little sore after uncrossing my ankles. I didn't think too much about it because it wasn't that bad. But midway through the next day, it was awful. I was walking with a painful limp, and could hardly walk at all. I have no medical coverage, so I walked to a nearby urgent care center. That didn't accomplish much, but I got a slip for x-rays and an Rx for 800 mg Motrin. The Motrin hasn't done much if anything, I'm still struggling to walk in to work everyday despite taking the Motrin 3x/day. And I still don't know the X-ray results. But the pain seems to have shifted to more predominantly from my heel. It's much worse in the mornings and everytime I have to get up from my desk to walk to the printer. The long walk to and from the parking lot is actually easier to deal with, though still difficult. I've been living in fear of what it could possibly be, and wondering if this is going to be a permanent disability, since it doesn't seem to be getting better. It's hard to imagine how in just one day a little pain could pop up out of no where and make my daily life absolutely miserable.

[mrc]

coder- you really need to consult a sports orthpedist or podiatrist; you are a long way from shock wave therapy because there are multiple treatments before that such as icing and stretching, steriod injections, and other strategies. you need to get an accurate diagnosis first.
you can learn a lot about pf by googling it which will tap you into many resources. good luck.
mike from gainesville.