I have been to my GP, and also urgent care with this-but basically told to live with it-I am hoping someone with either personal experience/ professional knowledge might have some tips-
Essentially, I have injured at some point my achilles tendon. At the back of my ankle, I now have a hard lump and either side is incredibly tender. The lump itself feels hard if I pull my toes towards my knee, slightly spongy if I relax the toes down. If I walk any distance on it, it becomes more painful and I get shooting pains up my calf. It is worse if I wear my walking boots, but generally any walking at all aggravates it.
I went to my gp initially who said they weren't sure what it was, but "it wasn't cancer" 🤔I didn't think that anyway but that was about the extent of the advice; if the pain got worse I was to go to urgent care.
It did get worse, and a couple of weeks after this, I went to urgent care. They said the achilles has healed "the wrong way", it is permanent, I just have to live with it and it will always be painful and I should use Voltarol.
Both doctors very nice, but this ia really debilitating to the point I was almost in tears with pain after walking the dog; I am hoping maybe someone with sports injury knowledge or personal experience might have some advice so I can at least walk without pain?