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Hi Vickie,

Here is my feedback after performing the exercises you recommended to me:

I feel my calves more relaxed and I really appreciate. Some exercises I did not fully understand and I would need some clarifications:

1 Hip stretch: Do I need to stretch passively as in passive frog? When I stretch actively, I feel a bit of pain in the right hip.
2 Standing Quad stretch: You say "bend one Knee" Is it bend or lift or both may be. I don't quite understand your key. At the end, do I let my knee go backward or just let it in alignment with the other knee?
3 Calves raises: You say gently roll into the toes. The movement is up and down to the heel from the toes. I guess there is no rotary movement?
4 Do I continue the exercises given to me by my PT, stretching the achilles tendons?

Last week I visited my rhumatologist for a checkup. The peri-tendinitis is back and he gave me anti inflammatory tablets. He proposed cortisone, to which I refused. We talked about ultrasound therapy, and he recommended to me a maximum of 10 to 15 sessions, at the rate of 3 per week. He said not more because after 15 sessions Ultra sound is no more effective. I felt discouraged because I had high hopes in this therapy that you mentioned that I could use every day on a long term basis. He said that we still dont know exactly how ultra sound really acts on the tendons...What do you think?

Thank you Vickie for your attention and care

Odile