Frustrating podiatrist visit
Just have to shout my frustration into the void. Had a visit with a podiatrist today to be fitted for custom orthotics (not the usual one that I see)- he straight up told me to stop running just because I am over 35 and have had two kids. I didn’t realize my feet had gone up a full size since having my second, which led to me wearing too-small shoes for a long time and resulted in my needing to fix some issues.
My frustration is that he didn’t focus on my actual issue at all- just a lecture and diatribe about how I’m about to go through my second “change” (duh, I know and I have discussed with my PCP). The conversation wasn’t even about my foot/foot issues, and he at one point went “have whatever opinions you want about this administration but Kennedy got it right that mothers are the ones that have an impact in the health world!” Amidst hm telling me that he used to do martial arts and could jump over a man but had to stop at age 65. And he pushed supplements and intermittent fasting nonstop. Again… not even my normal podiatrist, let alone my PCP. Like I am totally open to feedback if it’s from a provider who takes a second to talk WITH me instead of AT me and one who knows my history. But this was just bizarre.
Edit that I forgot to include originally: By the end he had told me that because I had “boy hips” I could likely run without issue for (gasp) a whole 5-10 years more. And did I have my kids naturally? Because it’s rare to have “boy hips” after two natural births. But I do so I’m lucky and can have some more time to run.