[pct-l] tendonitis...minor injuries

[Toby Maxwell]

Thanks! its good to hear (from brandon) that its something that is
hike-offable in some sense.  I'm just gonna be optimistic because...why not!
Good luck to you as well greg,  I'm doing my best to not worry.  I hope the
doctor brings good news to you.

-Toby

On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Greg Gressel <jumpfrom15000 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I'm in the same boat with sore ankle. I injured it on a long day hike and
> after waiting two weeks had more problems last weekend on a 30 mile day  i
> have four weeks to heal and will do very little until I leave. I go to the
> orthopedic doc on Tuesday. Hope your recover goes well.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 23, 2011, at 1:57 PM, Brandon McGinnity <bmcginnity at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Haha, oooooh yes. Been there. I pulled my Achiles going too fast down a
> > mountain on the AT, and hiked for weeks waiting for that to heal. Thanks
> to
> > the limping, I got miserable tendonitis on the top of the other foot,
> from
> > the compensation I guess. That hurt for an additional several weeks. If
> I'd
> > rested things might have been easier, but I just grit my teeth and kept
> > walking (limping, as it were). I'm stubborn. And maybe a little stupid.
> >
> > If you have 20 days to rest some minor tendonitis, I'd say you're golden.
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Toby Maxwell <toby.m.maxwell at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I was just told by the doctor that I have some very minor tendonitis in
> my
> >> right ankle area, its from playing ultimate frisbee a lot.  He said 10
> days
> >> ( i have 20 till I start) should take care of most of the healing.  Has
> >> anyone ever had to deal with tendonitis on the trail? the orthopedist
> >> seemed
> >> to think it'd not be an issue especially because I have some time to
> heal.
> >> Just curious, at this point I'm just gonna listen to my body.  I don't
> want
> >> to subscribe to the vortex of fear, but naturally its not the best news!
> >>
> >> -Toby
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