Today I visited the podiatrist. I decided to cut out the middle man and see one privately. Yes it cost me money but if I'd gone to the doctors (which would have taken over a week to get an appointment) they would have then had to refer me to an NHS podiatrist and god knows how long the waiting list would have been then! This way, I've been seen and know what my problems are.
Thankfully (after a quick trip to the walking wounded (aka minor injuries) clinic) I don't have a stress fracture as the podiatrist suspected I might. However, I do have inflammation and strain in the tendons in my feet and ankle and shin splints. Apparently this is caused by my unusally high arches and extreme pronation of my feet caused by my excessive hypermobility of my joints.
The long and short of it is it's being treated like any other soft tissue injury with R.I.C.E (rest, ice, compression, elevation) and I'm not allowed to do any training until it's all healed. They've given my some orthotic insoles to wear which should help keep my feet in the right position and provide some support to my arch but I need to break my feet in to them as it's painful to have my feet in the correct position when my muscles aren't used to it.
On the plus side of this all though, as well as relieving the tendonitis and shin splints it should also help me with the reccurant knee pain that has troubled me since I was young.
Maybe in time I'll see if there's anything that can help keep my poor little deformed toes in the correct position so I don't continually bruise and lose the toe nails.
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