Saw Kevin Walsh - Sports Med Doc - and after review, and a few thumb presses in my heel one of which was particularly sharp (wow he found the spot...) he
- also thought the conservative treatment steps I was taking were good - including eccentric drops - but since that's not been working....
- recommended ESWT - 5 sessions a week apart - and no loading of the calf during that period - which means no calf drops, and no running for the next 6-8 weeks - I'll get more details Monday at the first treatment on what else I can do (e.g. course setting may be out for a few months if even hiking around the forest is a bad idea - or perhaps with tape that should be fine?)
8 AM
Strength7:00 [1]
Foot waddle & 45b eccentric drops.
Only did one, cuz the doc said that's probably not helping much (or maybe I mis-interpreted, and it's fine, until the ESWT starts?)
3* foot drops (45b) + foot waddles + ball-step, and 1 regular set, over the day
10 AM
Swimming18:51 1.0 km (18:51 / km) ahr:95 max:107
Continuous. 2 days ago I stopped several times. That apparently helped the pace. This is a more legit 'PR' (though I'm less sure it would be a PR, as I think I may have once beaten 1-minute per lap by just over 1-minute total?)
I think this may be a PR? I recall 1 minute a lap being difficult when I swam long ago. (I think was largely avoiding much kicking back then due to whatever injury I had. Apparently that helps.) Certainly a PR for the past decade...
Deep Water Running10:05 0.83 km (12:05 / km) +763m2:10 / km ahr:100 max:111
12 PM
Strength20:00 [1]
One full set plus waddles & calf raises (40b) + DT.