Doctor Appointment Today

Today I had an appointment with Dr. McDonough in SCF.  He is a sports medicine specialist.  I found him to be willing to listen to my whole tale of woe and he gave me what I thought was a very thorough exam.  He spent 25 minutes with me.  The only thing he didn't do was order an MRI which I chose not to do.  Without the MRI he is 99.9% certain that I do have a slight case of Achilles tendonitis in the left heel and a pulled muscle in the right groin.  And, yes, he does think the one thing (the hell pain) led to the other (the groin pain).  He is certain I do not have any broken or cracked or fractured bones anywhere nor do I have any signs of arthritis that might cause any of this.  Since both conditions are getting better with time he wants me to do some exercises they taught me today (a physical therapist spent another 20 minutes with me), cross train by riding my bike, walking, and running in a pool (Ah, we need a pool!  Mom will be thrilled.), taking Ibuprofen or Aleve as needed, and having patience.  I can do all of that except the last thing.  He gave me some heel lifts to wear in my shoes (both feet) which should help with the Achilles pain and wants me to wear them in all my shoes for a while and see what happens there.  They feel pretty good actually.  He thinks I should hold off on getting new orthotics for now at least.  So, I will go on vacation and read books.  I don't  know what else to do at the moment.