I'm thinking entrapment might make sense, given that a lot of his pain is located in the extensor tendons on top of his foot, and he gets pain relief when I stretch his foot in a downward motion. Maybe it releases the tension or something. Honestly, I could stretch his foot all day and I don't think he would ask me to stop. Hoping to get him into neuro sooner rather than later. Waiting to hear.

He's having more heel pain and pain along the sides of his foot today, a stabbing shooting sensation. Blah. Thankfully, he was able to get in the pool today and keep it moving.

The hardware could be a contributor to the anterior ankle issue. Geez, I think sometimes just anything at all taking up room in delicate areas can be a problem. The heel? impossible to say, there both nervy and fascial irritation possibilities.

So neurology was able to see him when a patient cancelled Friday. Manual exam checked out okay. They said the emg will be done with adhesive electrodes instead of needles. Does this give equally valid results???

Sounds like a Nerve Conduction Study. They do give good results and are easy-peasy. Depending on how it reads they sometimes move on to EMG if there is not good signal to a muscle group.