Oh no! Glad your sister is getting it checked out. It may have been me—I have an inflammatory arthritis that causes enthesitis (inflammation where the tendons insert into the bones). It’s very painful, but much more localized than I would imagine PMR to be (my dad is the one with PMR).

I read the updates on this forum when I wake up in the morning before I get out of bed. Today this enthesitis topic hit me right in the face so to speak. I have literally been hobbling around the last three days with heel pain. I had this once before awhile back, went to the foot Dr in my orthopedic group and got diagnosed with Haglund's deformity. I did some PT which helped somewhat. What really helped was wearing open backed clog type shoes. About a month ago I went to this Dr because I could hardly walk, the top of my foot was swollen. I assumed it was from previous OA surgery at the base of my big toe. I opted for a cortisone injection and it got better. This week it's the heel pain. He already told me heel injections are a no-no. So this will be day 4 of limping and my bag of frozen peas on my heel throughout the day. My heel is swollen, has a lump and is red. Walking is very difficult. Enthesitis or Haglund's deformity??
I have been on 3mg pred for weeks now, just started my 6th year of pmr. The last 3 months my crp has been elevated, sed rate is normal. I have tolerable morning pain, stiffness but I am fighting increasing the pred dose. Rheum will tell me to try the mtx again, am not taking mtx. I don't see rheum until May.
I see my pcp on Monday and will be making a list of questions.
I did ger up a little while ago, made chamomile tea and took tylenol.