Retro Calcaneal Bursitis

Anyone have any experience dealing with or recovering from retro calcaneal burstis (inserstional Achilles Tendonitis) it came on after a climbing trip where I borrowed a pair of mountaineering boots that ended up being too small for my feet. Between that and the training leading up to it (some running, rucking and lots of weighted step ups) it’s all jacked up. Going on 5 weeks with still pain in the heal(haven’t run rucked etc at all post injury) been doing the eccentric heel drops and trying to reduce the friction. My Ortho is against cortisone in that area

Anthony V wrote: Anyone have any experience dealing with or recovering from retro calcaneal burstis (inserstional Achilles Tendonitis) it came on after a climbing trip where I borrowed a pair of mountaineering boots that ended up being too small for my feet. Between that and the training leading up to it (some running, rucking and lots of weighted step ups) it’s all jacked up. Going on 5 weeks with still pain in the heal(haven’t run rucked etc at all post injury) been doing the eccentric heel drops and trying to reduce the friction. My Ortho is against cortisone in that area

Ice it to mitigate any inflammation, and keep doing the heel drops and other calf stretches. I didn't add any weight to the heel drops...oddly enough snowboarding actually seemed to help mine (once the snowboarding boots were no longer painful). From what I understand cortisone isn't a great idea for heel bursitis...I did read something that indicated dry needling could help...mine took about 4-5 weeks to heal up with no climbing at all, lots of rest and rehab exercises (basically just one legged heel drops, calf stretches, and some work with resistance bands).