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This is an ice hockey related injury. It happened over time to someone I know because he may tie his skates too tight. He explained that on the anterior side right above the foot he’s had tendonitis. He says it feels grainy and squeeky.. I didn’t understand that comment but I never felt tendonitis before. He tried to put padding between the skate and the laces and thicker socks but it still hurt a lot. He can move his foot around but any pressure on that spot causes pain. I am not an ATC im just taking a sports med class however i’d like to help him. How do you treat this injury? is it just like any other tendonitis? he mentioned he’s felt this years ago as well so it may be a reoccuring injury. How would you approach this problem if an athlete brought it up?
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dima
i just received this email from him describing it himself….. I think I just have bad tendons, when I rowed crew for a year, the same thing happened in my wrist for two weeks. Anyway, I also had this in both my achilles (I used to race bicycles) and I was once told that the pain comes from rubbing or agitation between the tendon and the myelin (?) sheath surrounding the tendon. This rubbing causes inflammation and creates scar tissue, which then forms these “rice bodies” or grainyness on the tendons. My tendon “squeaks” when I move my foot, too.Right now, my treatment is Aleve and ice packs.
dima
I think I just have bad tendons, when I rowed crew for a year, the same thing happened in my wrist for two weeks. Anyway, I also had this in both my achilles (I used to race bicycles) and I was once told that the pain comes from rubbing or agitation between the tendon and the myelin (?) sheath surrounding the tendon. This rubbing causes inflammation and creates scar tissue, which then forms these “rice bodies” or grainyness on the tendons. My tendon “squeaks” when I move my foot, too.Right now, my treatment is Aleve and ice packs.