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Hideous thing I think you have to have had it to understand.
Frozen small plastic water bottle rolled about gives some relief.
Increasing the flexibility of the calf muscles is key.
And use insoles orthheels are the over the counter ones that work the best for me.
I use ariats when im on my feet for long periods I don’t need insoles in them.
And recently I was getting twinges again and I have realised they have gone I think its because I am having a one to one yoga class every week.
If you have shoes that really make it worse chuck them… I chucked out loads of pairs.
The first time I triggered mine it was running in the sand that set it off.

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I would say definitely not broken if you’re running on it OK. I broke my foot and couldn’t press the clutch down on my car for about four/five weeks.

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Make sure to find a good physio! Also try a bag of frozen peas see if that helps.

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Oh, not good Twy. I think there are two others with the same condition as you on here, so hopefully, they will help.

Feel better soon!

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@kelly No, I haven’t either! Although I do think it can be undiagnosed quite a lot as not much was really known about it and the scope of it means that there are quite a lot of symptoms that may or may not present themselves in each case, and the issue changes as we age, meaning more painful and stiff joints which is a red herring in diagnosis.

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Thanks @kelly. Dislocation is horrible and I don’t want that again in a hurry – or ever! Rather than using ‘Dr’ Google to self-diagnose (and get it wrong), I shall see GP.

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I have never heard of ‘Bowen,’ so just googled it. Interesting and will look to see whether there’s a local practitioner. Thanks for that

I hear what you’re saying about limitations. I think I’ve been a bit complacent and have just been putting up with my knees, partly because I know that after rest, the pain goes off (until the next time). I am going away the week after next though and I am expecting to do a lot of walking so I have been made to think about how my knees are going to cope. I already have a support for the knee that dislocated and I think I will buy another for the other knee, which is actually as bad.

UPDATE: Just found out we have a local Bowen practitioner!

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Yours sounds bad! Hope you’re doing ok now. Yes, I’ll make a GP appointment to ask for tests.

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