Forefoot Equinus...and calcaneal pain.

Exactly. Imagine if you had said "sure mother of my wife, I could fix your bunion but I would prefer not to, instead see somebody else who may or may not stuff it up. That way my conscience will be clear"

Hmmm....

 

As I explained to the students during the week, family and friends are the worse types of patients .... right up there with elite athletes! ... avoid them.

 

Image if you did stuff it up Christmas and other family gatherings be fun.

But it comes back to the people involved, Podiatrist and Patient/family member.

 

Mike

All this guessing about "microtrabecular fractures" or pedantic debating about "syndrome" isn't helping your patient.

If you cannot control your patient well enough with orthotics, try a corticosteroid injection (heel spur area) to reduce the inflammation in the area. It should work, and if the orthotics are effective, and reduce the overuse enough, the heel may remain asymptomatic.

And of course, make sure you aren't getting a Baxter's nerve pain when your are compressing the calcaneus.

Otherwise, surgery including calcaneal decompression might be his only answer.

Cheers

Frederick

 

What ?

I'm not the person treating this patient .

Maybe you mean Julian the thread starter.