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How Can Tendonitis In The Ankles Be Treated?

I have been diagnosed w/facitis/tendonitis in my ankle and arch... Am now flat-footed. Anti-inflamatories don`t seem to be working...Am a hairdresser...45 years...Needed ankle brace at one point and still have swelling from front left toright back behind the ankle..Very painful there...Two months of treatment...not better...Pushing toes toward me and stretching achilles, etc...Two months plus two years of not being able to push up if I drop something on the floor or getting uder the bed without help...Causing weight gain because of being unable to exercise...Got hard inserts...Getting depressed...Still much pain...10 steps forward then 10 steps back...then 10 steps forward, then 10 steps back again...To ice or not...Confused...
Tue, 26 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

* There is definite inflammation underlying with such symptomatic severity.
* As the anti inflammatory medicines are not working, I recommend to take a prescription of MRI of the ankle with your doc and consult in follow up with the report.

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How Can Tendonitis In The Ankles Be Treated?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. * There is definite inflammation underlying with such symptomatic severity. * As the anti inflammatory medicines are not working, I recommend to take a prescription of MRI of the ankle with your doc and consult in follow up with the report. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.