Foot - Help fellow Ultra's
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TriSooner posted 14 weeks ago.
kevinb421 wrote:
but the pain is really focused on the arch when I am walking. It is much better when I wear shoes that have better support (dress shoes kill).
Except for the top of your foot being sore, this sounds like a classic case of a sore/stretched plantar fascia (the tissue along the bottom of your foot that connects your heel bone to your toes). By arch, do you mean the underside of your foot? If the top is the problem, then I have no clue. But if it is the arch, you simply overused the plantar fascia tendons. No big deal for now. After marathons and ultras, I get sore there but it goes away after a few days. No permanent damage. One home remedy is to take a frozen can of OJ, put it on the floor, and roll your foot across it.
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kevinb421 posted 14 weeks ago.
yeah it is more the bottom, I think the top is something different since the pains arent related but thanks for the info I will try that as soon as i get home
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Anton posted 14 weeks ago.
Could be plantar...8 hours on your feet, if you've never done that before can expose tons of things...could be complex or it could be that your feet are just beat up with stone bruises and such.
Go with TriSooners plan to ice and give it a week. After that if your still having problems...go see a doc again.
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M posted 13 weeks ago.
Some huge percentage of stress fractures don't turn up on x-ray, especially shortly after the "alleged" injury. But we'll hope and assume that this is irrelevant info for you and after a bit of rest+ice you'll be back to normal. Good luck.
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kevinb421 posted 13 weeks ago.
I'm sitting here trying to nurse it back to health and the pain is really localized on the inside of my foot, going down the foot from the ankle bone there is a little hard bone that kinda sticks out, thats really where the pain seems to be. Maybe that narrows it down, its not really the arch, i think the arch just hurts because this area is so tender.
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ryanweeg posted 13 weeks ago.
This sounds almost exactly alike to some pain I was experiencing last year and I narrowed it down to plantar fascitis type injury. My doctor offered no help whatsoever and x-rays did not show anything. Doctor told me to stay off of it for 4-6 weeks, I didn't run for 2-3 weeks and It ended up being ok. I am on my feet all day on jobsites, and my work boots were super uncomfortable to wear I had to wear different shoes.
Also, I agree with rolling a frozen juice concentrate can under your arch that is said to have helped and a similar item helped me in my recovery.
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brittda posted 13 weeks ago.
None (and I have had 4 now) of my stress fractures have shown up on the xray right off. It taked 4-6 weeks from onset for them to show if they do. A Bone scan or MRI will show it IF that is what it is (I have had both). Bone scan takes longer, but is cheaper MRI quicker but costs more...irrevelant though if your insurance covers (mine does). I would rest it for a week like Anton said, and Ice/ stretch. If the pain continues go see an orthopedist, preferably one who specializes in sports injury.
I ran my first Ultra Saturday and yesterday and today I have had wierd pain in my left foot.
The top of my foot has a couple very sore spots when touched but the pain is really focused on the arch when I am walking. It is much better when I wear shoes that have better support (dress shoes kill).
I went to a doctor today and x-rayed but no stress fracture. The doctor I went to doesn't usually work with sports medicine, so I figured I would ask on here before I head to another doctor.
He suggested that maybe it was a bad bruise, but I didnt have any falls or anything paticular that would have done this.
Any advice??
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