Osteoarthritis Ankle

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Cotty67 Mar 2018 6:37pm, 27 Mar 2018 905 posts	0 Cotty67 Hi, firstly I apologise for the long post!!. I have had a sore ankle for the past 6-9 months, sometimes it was swollen, very painful to touch, okay running, more painful when walking, some days no pain, some days really bad. I self medicated on Ibuprofen and stretches for posterior tendonitis. Eventually went to the Dr who sent me for an x-ray, called for the result and was told to make an appointment. So the result of this is I have wear and tear on my ankle and have osteoarthritis. The Dr I saw was a trainee GP, he said I might need physio or an operation and gave me a number for NHS Inform Muscular Skeletal department. I left feeling a bit confused, he at no point said not to run or not to do anything. My training has been lighter this year so far due to the weather and a bad cold but just wondered if anyone else has this, I was hoping to get back to half marathon level by summer.
Cotty67 Mar 2018 10:12am, 28 Mar 2018 906 posts	0 Cotty67 Anyone ???
Velociraptor Mar 2018 10:16am, 28 Mar 2018 38,037 posts	0 Velociraptor Fraggle is dealing with this at the moment. She's usually found on the "220" thread. I hope you'll have more information to be going on with when you've seen the musculoskeletal practitioner.
Cotty67 Mar 2018 12:46pm, 28 Mar 2018 907 posts	0 Cotty67 Great thanks ! I spoke to them yesterday and I have to do exercises for 2 weeks then get back in touch ? Funnily enough its the exercises I have been doing.
Cotty67 Mar 2018 12:51pm, 28 Mar 2018 908 posts	0 Cotty67 Sorry what's the '220' thread ?? I will maybe just send her a message.
fraggle Mar 2018 6:13pm, 28 Mar 2018 1,536 posts	0 fraggle Hello! Fmail sent
Cotty67 Mar 2018 8:12pm, 28 Mar 2018 909 posts	0 Cotty67 Cheers Fraggle !