So a bit over a week from STP (and yes, I’ll put more up one of these days), and my left Achilles is still sore. Not sure if it was from the 204 miles, or from the heel notch of my SIDIs bashing into it too much on a hill or something. Anyway, Achilles tendinitis is something that can linger, so off to the podiatrist I went.
Note: it’s a fair question whether to see a podiatrist, orthopedist, or physical therapist. I picked a podiatrist mostly as I had seen him before for a different matter, and didn’t know any orthopedists or physical therapists.Anyway, I went to see my podiatrist, Dr. William Warnekros. Hmmm… “my podiatrist.” Man that makes me sound old. And not like I see him all the time… just once before for an ingrown toenail. But hey, you do amass specialists when you have the “everything is free” health care plan of Microsoft. Back to the story — I went to see him in his office near U Village. He looked over the ankle, and promptly made the following recommendations:Anyway, I went to see my podiatrist, . Hmmm… “my podiatrist.” Man that makes me sound old. And not like I see him all the time… just once before for an ingrown toenail. But hey, you do amass specialists when you have the “everything is free” health care plan of Microsoft. Back to the story — I went to see him in his He looked over the ankle, and promptly made the following recommendations:
Anyway, I went to see my podiatrist, . Hmmm… “my podiatrist.” Man that makes me sound old. And not like I see him all the time… just once before for an ingrown toenail. But hey, you do amass specialists when you have the “everything is free” health care plan of Microsoft. Back to the story — I went to see him in his He looked over the ankle, and promptly made the following recommendations:
- Take an anti-inflammatory;
- Ice the ankle for 20 minutes twice a day;
- Put in 3/8″ elevators in my shoes to relieve stress;
- Taped up my foot and I’m to keep the tape on for 5 days;
- Rest the ankle as much as I can.
Joy… but hey, Dr. Warnekros is actually super nice and a pretty good doc. He taped up my foot, explained why there was no tape around the ankle in a reaosnable way, and was pretty good about getting the elevators in my shoes (they’re just ankle lifts that give my heels a bit of a rise in the shoe).
BTW, something interesting… I found a decent number of doctor recommendation sites, but none that had Dr. Warnekros. You’d think that some doctor recommendation site could hit critical mass… but apparently not. So, I thought I’d put in a blog entry and see if that might help out. So, if you’re reading this and end up seeing him, please leave a comment… I’d love to find out if these type of recommendations are better / worse / indifferent than everything else out there.