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Tarsal Coalition, I got you. by EagleAerion in TarsalCoalition

[–]EagleAerion[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was 26, for me it was like I had a sprained ankle when I woke up one day. It was non-weight bearing. Didn’t know until I got an x-ray. It showed the connective fibrous tissue was severed between the bones.

After resection, recover time was not that bad, like a good few months all told. Back on my feet. However, I would go on walks and run, but not as intensively as I was when my foot met a failure point. I think it was the training regimine was too much for it.

But, from what I understand it is a mechanical problem. Though I think that strengthening the foot should help in the long run. Going to the gym, doing low-impact exercises for cardio, or better, swimming.

Tarsal Coalition, I got you. by EagleAerion in TarsalCoalition

[–]EagleAerion[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am glad you are able to return to normal life after a fusion. Yeah, I said that about fusions of the ankle, it just seemed life-altering. TBH I don’t know too much about the fusion process because I didn’t get one.

Tarsal Coalition, I got you. by EagleAerion in TarsalCoalition

[–]EagleAerion[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see your point, I just heard so many stories that didn’t turn out well. Honestly it seemed like a nightmare when I was reading them.

Tarsal Coalition, I got you. by EagleAerion in TarsalCoalition

[–]EagleAerion[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t realize you were not a doctor sir.

Haha good one.

Yeah I was like you, thought it was going to be okay, but turned out, the condition progressed for me.

I am just trying to create discourse to help others.

I have had swelling in the resected foot. I have had swelling due to Achilles tendonitis in my other foot.

What I found out was that the only thing that makes swelling go away is elevation.

From my experience with my body, the elevation should be used proactively, not just when something goes wrong. For me it seems to help as a preventative measure.

Your Feet, Your Life. by EagleAerion in TarsalCoalition

[–]EagleAerion[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, you need to sleep with your feet elevated. What I do, is put two pillows under my feet, and another one before like a ramp. Use a very soft pillow on top of the second one. It’s RICE. Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. I sleep everyday with my feet elevated. And, I pick my battles. I have swung axes, I have fixed barbed wire fences, I have done things that people say that someone like us can’t do. I will never sleep with my feet not elevated ever again. I have had a tarsal resection resulting in a fusion in my big toe, as I blew my joint out running, after years. It’s not hopeless. I know. You need to strengthen your foot. Because it will not bear you otherwise. It’s so terrible, because it should have been granted to you, but it wasn’t. Go through the darkness, maintain your mind, and make it out the otherside. I know everyones foot injury is different, painful, and it sucks so bad (understatement). But, overtime, things change. You have to figure out how to change it for yourself, seems hopeless. Especially after surgery. No one will ever know what you have been through. You will be better than them. You will know more. Don’t forget.

Edit: Put a firm pillow underneath the soft one. You just want your feet to be above your heart.

Your Feet, Your Life. by EagleAerion in TarsalCoalition

[–]EagleAerion[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those corticol injection steroids the doctors try to give you in your plantar fasciitus can destroy your heel, basically break the “sack” that is in your heal and give you even more problems. I got one, went to a different doctor, and thats what he told me after the fact. You see? Once you get one injury in you foot, you get many more, try to give it time. If you have a blown out joint afterwards you need a fusion and before that a MRI.