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Originally Posted by Jon_sparky
BTW Kitt, I cannot walk on my heals, but I can walk on my toes...Does CMT effect the Achilles tendon? My foot doctor wanted to cut both of them and make them longer, I ran from the office... (well hobbled) So, the effected areas are: Toes, arches, heels, ankles, calves, knees, hips, lower back, middle back, upper back, neck, and shoulders, elbows, wrists, and fingers. The neuropathy is effecting: feet, ankles, calves, hands, arms, shoulders, back, neck and head... Besides that I am fine.
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For a CMTer it is a test for leg weakness. Nothing to do with the Achilles tendon. I could do it way back when and also stand on my tiptoes. But as CMT progressed I could do neither. I could get up on my tiptoes and slowly the toes would let the foot go down and the same with the heels. But it never really bothered me. Not til much later when all the other symptoms arose.
It sounds like you have lots of troubles and I hope you find an answer soon. Luckily you hobbled out of that foot doctor's office as you said. If you do in fact have CMT that doctor knows nothing about it and could do some real damage.
I could do everything and anything and I did do it for much of my life. But no more.