Heel strain?

[sookiesue]

Somehow I managed to strain my heel - it doesn't quite feel like achilles tendon, but perhaps where this tendon connects to the heel bone? I leaned forward with my foot a bit behind me and felt a very uncomfortable pull. I would have expected any discomfort from this move to be in the calf muscle - there wasn't any - and I have never had any issues with my feet/heels before.

Any suggestions from the TE crowd as to what might be wrong and how to take care of it? If it doesn't feel better tomorrow I'll head to the doctor and have her check it out.

It doesn't hurt to bike - I did a short ride up and down the street towing my daughter on the trail-a-bike. It does ache a bit while I walk, but not acutely, just enough to remind me that I did something weird, and enough to worry me that I might have hurt something significant...

Thanks for any thoughts you have!

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Plantar fasciitis...?

[Selkie]

Plantar fasciitis...?

Another name for Hell. I'm slowly recovering from it, and I hope that you do not have it.

Could be either your tibial tendon or peroneal tendon.

Take it easy, ICE it, etc. Foot/ankle injuries are the worst and take a very long time to heal.

[lovelygamer]

I've had trouble with PF my whole life. It is quite painful. Stretching is the key. Google search is your friend. I stretch constantly, even when I am sitting down. They have medical treatments (cortisone needles and surgery) but those are for advance cases. I had the needle ONCE. I would rather have a needle to my EYE. That was more painful than the problem.

[sookiesue]

I did a little research based on the suggestions I got here, and thankfully I don't think my symptoms are consistent with plantar fasciitis. I have read threads posted by the ladies dealing with that and it sounds so painful and frustrating.

It seems likely that I just strained the achilles tendon a bit, as the discomfort is right where - according to the medical illustrations I found - the tendon connects to the calcanus (heelbone). It is feeling somewhat better today so I will ice it a bit and take some anti-inflammatory meds, then see how it does after a mild bike ride today.

If it's not continuing to improve tomorrow then I'll head to the doc's, but so far it seems to be slowly resolving. Thanks for all the input, I really appreciate it!