Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Posterior Tibial Tendonitis

So I went to a podiatrist on Monday and I finally recieved some answers! He said my doctor was wrong about it being my bone and that I have Posterior Tibial Tendonitis caused by...drum roll please...my new lighter running shoes...(and rotating in my older running shoes with too many miles...) Furthermore, he said I have normal arches but am an overpronator which is interesting to me because when I went to my local running store and had my run and old shoes analyzed, they said I was a normal pronator. I guess they were wrong and I've been running in the wrong type of shoes all along. MAJOR BUMMER! I'm going to be fitted for orthodics next week which I'm not completely enthused about, but I'm thinking I'm still gonna run this race and just try to finish.

I've been cross training through the stepper, stair stepper, and bike at the gym. I don't really know what else to do. Anyways, that's my update!

8 comments:

  1. Yay for answers!!! Now you can work towards getting back out on the road!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thanks for the updates. Hope all goes well.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Good news that you have some answers!

    When I was first 'fitted' for running shoes, they gave me the wrong ones too. It led to a TON of problems. Glad you are getting yours sorted out!

    ReplyDelete
  4. You are doing it - Figured out what was wrong - No serious damage - You know how to fix it. The battle is over, now it's time to move forward with caution. You can do this.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Hey! I can't find the link to your family blog. If you get a minute e-mail it to me or post the link on my blog. I can't wait to see your family updates again! :)

    ReplyDelete
  6. You're going to be ok....

    I sent you a little sunshine in my blog today to get you through it!!

    ReplyDelete
  7. I'm sorry to hear it but I'm glad you got a diagnosis. I know for me, the orthotics made a world of difference.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Hi there, I was just dignosed with PTT, you'd do me a world of good by posting your recovery story...

    Tammy

    ReplyDelete