Two years of nagging foot pain in one of the small ligaments where the leg meets the foot, I was diagnosed with tendinitis and physical therapy has helped. I've got the problem in my other foot but it's more mild so it wasn't addressed in PT.
I thought it was related to running (which I've barely done since it all started) but I started to suspect it's from playing drums. I googled drumming injuries and it mentions entrapment of the muscles within the sheath caused by scar tissue and "debris" (I don't know what debris the body would be giving off..lol). This is exactly how they treated it in PT. Every visit I got gentle scraping and they were surprised how rough and bumpy the whole area was.
All this correlates pretty well with me joining a band. The pain started about a year after joining. It ramped up my playing time (at that particular point in my life) from a few times a month to 90 minutes twice a week, plus a bit of at-home. I really have never noticed pain in that area after playing, so I'm guessing the increased exercise (during that first year) exacerbated it and caused the swelling and eventual nerve pressure, and at its peak the pain was, in brief spurts, bad enough that I couldn't put weight on it.
So, what I'm wondering is..has anyone dealt with an injury like this from playing? How have you treated it? How long did it last? Have you ended up with any other chronic issues? I wonder that, if I can get it fully under control, I'll have to be scraping and icing this forever. I had never even considered long term issues arising from playing drums.
I thought it was related to running (which I've barely done since it all started) but I started to suspect it's from playing drums. I googled drumming injuries and it mentions entrapment of the muscles within the sheath caused by scar tissue and "debris" (I don't know what debris the body would be giving off..lol). This is exactly how they treated it in PT. Every visit I got gentle scraping and they were surprised how rough and bumpy the whole area was.
All this correlates pretty well with me joining a band. The pain started about a year after joining. It ramped up my playing time (at that particular point in my life) from a few times a month to 90 minutes twice a week, plus a bit of at-home. I really have never noticed pain in that area after playing, so I'm guessing the increased exercise (during that first year) exacerbated it and caused the swelling and eventual nerve pressure, and at its peak the pain was, in brief spurts, bad enough that I couldn't put weight on it.
So, what I'm wondering is..has anyone dealt with an injury like this from playing? How have you treated it? How long did it last? Have you ended up with any other chronic issues? I wonder that, if I can get it fully under control, I'll have to be scraping and icing this forever. I had never even considered long term issues arising from playing drums.