Three Weeks of Physical Therapy

Posted on July 8th, 2015 by sjenn1960

Well, I’ve been going to physical therapy for about three or four weeks now.  I was only  schedule to go to four sessions, but my therapist wanted me to keep going.  So I am.  He continues to do the ultrasound and acupuncture.  He is also using suction cups on me.  He will put two or three suction cups on my calf and lower leg while he is doing the ultrasound.  The last time I saw him (last Tuesday) he used the suction cup to massage the area of my Achilles that in inflamed.  It hurt.  The suction cups hurt as it is without using them to massage the affected area.  During the course of PT he loosens up my Achilles so that I walk out much better than I walked in.  But within a day or two after therapy it’s back to square one.  I see my doctor again next week and look forward to what the next step is.  All I know is I was visiting a member of my church at the hospital the other day and I was thinking, "I really wish the tendon would rupture here and now (since I’m at the hospital anyway) because then there would be an end to the pain in sight."

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  • sjenn1960 | July 15th, 2015 | 3:50 pm

    missterik, I’m not a doctor so your question should probably be referred to your physician. But I can tell you that I was having terrible lower back pain even before this Achilles thing started up. My physical therapist found out that my right leg is 1/8″ shorter than my left. Besides the insert my doctor gave me to make my toes point down and take a little pressure off the Achilles, my physical therapist gave me a second insert for my right foot so that both feet are the same length. This has helped relieve my back pain.

  • missterik | July 14th, 2015 | 9:36 pm

    I also have terrible lower back pain from overcompensation and being uneven while wearing the boot. I am FWB in 2 shoes and the pain in my back is making it hard for me to walk. The achilles feels great but the back pain is awful. I have been doing back and hip exercises to help strengthen since I was NWB for 11 weeks due to my incision becoming infected. Any suggestions regarding the back pain would be greatly appreciated.

  • bobfv | July 14th, 2015 | 3:38 pm

    Best of luck with the results.

  • bobfv | July 14th, 2015 | 3:36 pm

    sjenn1960 don’t discount the fact that the cortisone injection in your heel area may have contributed to your Achilles problems - I am convinced that is what caused mine - although I had three injections over three years right in to the tendon area.

  • sjenn1960 | July 9th, 2015 | 10:18 am

    bobtv, I had a cortisone shot in my heal at the beginning when we thought it was a heal spur acting up. And I felt great. I have not had one to help my Achilles.

  • bobfv | July 8th, 2015 | 4:29 pm

    Did your doctor by chance give you a cortisone shot - I had three of them and then my Achilles ruptured - apparently a documented issue.

  • peterbrown15 | June 13th, 2015 | 5:25 am

    Where can I start my own recovery blog?