Got the diagnosis of mine today.
Herniated Heel Fat Pad and Hematoma
Basically I landed so hard and flat off a jump in the park at Crotched in January that I essentially blew a section of the fat pad in my heel through the fibrous sheathing that holds it in place and out the side of my heel. The trauma from the impact also caused a Hematoma.
Totally bizarre injury. I initially went to my primary care doctor as it looked like I had a giant cyst on my heel. He aspirated some blood with a needle and tried to press out what he assumed was puss; basically like popping a zit. What we thought was puss that he got out, was actually fat from my heel. :blink: That procedure relieved some pressure and I was able to keep skiing for a few weeks with a donut pad around the injury, but this mass which I thought was a cyst kept growing and getting harder while becoming tremendously painful to even walk on.
So, my doc sent me to a podiatrist. Podiatrist said he thought it was a complication of having flat feet, sent me away with Orthotics and said I should take it easy for a month, but if I really wanted to ski, I could have a boot fitter modify the boot to accommodate this growing mass. I decided to take it easy rather than modify my boots to accommodate an injury. When I tried to get back out there on St. Patty's day it hurt like a sonofabitch and I only lasted 3 runs. Pretty much thought my season was done and had my doctor hook me up with one of the best orthopedic surgeons in New England who specializes in feet.
The lump continued to grow and hurt badly up until a week ago and then basically stopped hurting so much and the mass started to shrink. I said screw it and went skiing at Cannon yesterday, which was amazing.
Heel is a bit sore today and though I had been feeling better, I went to the ortho anyways and got the diagnosis. He said the Hematoma is essentially gone and I should be completely pain free in a month or so, but I'll continue to have a lump of fat on the side of my heel where it doesn't belong for probably the rest of my life. I guess I'll look at it as a reminder why I'm getting too old to ski park anymore. :lol:
Herniated Heel Fat Pad and Hematoma
Basically I landed so hard and flat off a jump in the park at Crotched in January that I essentially blew a section of the fat pad in my heel through the fibrous sheathing that holds it in place and out the side of my heel. The trauma from the impact also caused a Hematoma.
Totally bizarre injury. I initially went to my primary care doctor as it looked like I had a giant cyst on my heel. He aspirated some blood with a needle and tried to press out what he assumed was puss; basically like popping a zit. What we thought was puss that he got out, was actually fat from my heel. :blink: That procedure relieved some pressure and I was able to keep skiing for a few weeks with a donut pad around the injury, but this mass which I thought was a cyst kept growing and getting harder while becoming tremendously painful to even walk on.
So, my doc sent me to a podiatrist. Podiatrist said he thought it was a complication of having flat feet, sent me away with Orthotics and said I should take it easy for a month, but if I really wanted to ski, I could have a boot fitter modify the boot to accommodate this growing mass. I decided to take it easy rather than modify my boots to accommodate an injury. When I tried to get back out there on St. Patty's day it hurt like a sonofabitch and I only lasted 3 runs. Pretty much thought my season was done and had my doctor hook me up with one of the best orthopedic surgeons in New England who specializes in feet.
The lump continued to grow and hurt badly up until a week ago and then basically stopped hurting so much and the mass started to shrink. I said screw it and went skiing at Cannon yesterday, which was amazing.
Heel is a bit sore today and though I had been feeling better, I went to the ortho anyways and got the diagnosis. He said the Hematoma is essentially gone and I should be completely pain free in a month or so, but I'll continue to have a lump of fat on the side of my heel where it doesn't belong for probably the rest of my life. I guess I'll look at it as a reminder why I'm getting too old to ski park anymore. :lol: