Thank you both. On days when it's bad (after of day of exertion) this gets to where the pain is disabling. Unfortunately, as you say, Perna, surgery can have so big downside as to not be a solution to go to quickly. I'm wondering, eblam, if the strap-type thing is like a boot they use for plantar fasciitis.

Your posts guided me to some reading that gave me some things to think about. As with the Levaquin, apparently there is some correlation between taking estrogens and tendon problems. (I only found that out by looking up the Levaquin.) That gives me an incentive to try harder to get off HRT. When I looked up products to help, I saw some devices that might help, though they are not cheap. (I only found that out by looking up Dr. Scholl's products, which led me to other products.)

So thanks. I know more now than I did. I will try the exercises when the pain subsides. Sorry for boyfriend, eblam. He is probably way younger than me and already having this problem. I have a young nephew with the same thing. Apparently sports can be a cause. (He played ice hockey.)