[This is kind of directed to Dr. Splichal because it leverages off of a comment she made in the "PF Confusion" thread - but I'll obviously take anyone's input........]
For quite a while I've had a pain on my lateral heel. It's lower than the Post Tib tendon - right where the transition is from vertical surface to plantar surface. And while I call it lateral - it's also kind of on the transition between posterior heel and lateral heel.
I *did* have a stress reaction there about 9 months ago - but that seems to be resolved. The pain does flare up around the following scenarios:
Thanks.
Jim
P.S.: My PT found a significant leg length discrepancy based on the fact the left side of my pelvis was rotated forward. And the problem spot I describe is on the left side. So I'm presuming that hip imbalance has contributed at least some amount to this problem.
For quite a while I've had a pain on my lateral heel. It's lower than the Post Tib tendon - right where the transition is from vertical surface to plantar surface. And while I call it lateral - it's also kind of on the transition between posterior heel and lateral heel.
I *did* have a stress reaction there about 9 months ago - but that seems to be resolved. The pain does flare up around the following scenarios:
- The first few minutes after getting out of bed. Then it goes away after about 5-10 mins.
- If I'm on my feet A LOT during the day (which is abnormal - I have a desk job) doing a lot of physical labor it can be sore at the end of the day. In those scenarios the next morning tends to have greater-than-normal morning pain.
- It tends to increase if I've been running consistently. (For example - I currently have a cold and haven't been running - so it feels especially good now.) If it hurts as a result of consistently running it virtually never hurts while I'm actually running.
Thanks.
Jim
P.S.: My PT found a significant leg length discrepancy based on the fact the left side of my pelvis was rotated forward. And the problem spot I describe is on the left side. So I'm presuming that hip imbalance has contributed at least some amount to this problem.