HELP -- Strange Foot Pain???
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brittda posted 1 year ago.
Plantar fasciatis--have it checked out--ice, rest, stretch
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Tri_Colore posted 1 year ago.
Hi
I would suggest take some rest.... no running and ICE your heel at least 3 times a day. It sounds like plantar fasciitis but it could be something else as well. Give it some REST do some exercises for plantar fasciitis and see how that goes.
In the race did you alter your stride from your normal stride? Bigger, more landings on the heel than you would normally do? This could be the cause, do you do speed-work in your normal training plan? Sometimes even if you clocked a lot of miles, shifting up on speed a gear or two could cause injury.
I had something similar a month ago, cranked up the speed in a work out and bang heel-pain for at least a week... rest, ice and exercises made it go away. If there is no progression after a week or if it gets any worse go see the Doc..
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solidad posted 1 year ago.
I do strides and speed work once a week. I was thinking it was more of the bare foot running in transition. The heel is almost completely better, its the balls of my foot thing that I'm concerned about. It almost feels like a pinched nerve and comes and goes. I am going to look up some exercises for Plantar fasciatis.
What will a dr. look for?
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Keebler71 posted 1 year ago.
No offense to the others, but don't waste potential training time treating the wrong injury. The foot is amazingly complex. This is why doctors don't treat the foot - they give patients referals to podiatrists. Go see a podiatrist. I have had a foot problem for 1.5 yrs now and am finally getting good treatment (seeing a podiatrist). In my case I seem to have Peroneal Tendonitis/Subluxation. The symptoms are similar to plantar fasciatis, but I don't get the characteristic morning pain and it isn't on the bottom of the foot, but on the side. I was misdiagnossed twice, (once by my doctor and once by my first pod) and it affected my training for almost a year. Good luck!
In my case the cause was doing everything wrong when I first started running- wrong type of shoe, overtraining, running on the shoulder of roads. Add to that a slight functional leg length discrepancy (mm not cm) a very high arch and naturally tight calves and voila! foot problem! Treatment has consisted of orthodics and this splint I wear when I sleep to stretch my calf as well as ice after each run (pain or not). That was working so-so and last week the doctor injected a shot of cortizone right into the cavity where the tendon is inflamed (cortizone hurts by the way). I am noticing an improvement thankfully.
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EricbCook posted 1 year ago.
I would do some research on trigger points: This book was recommended by Kona and is fabulous!
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Keep on Tri-ing
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solidad posted 1 year ago.
Thanks for the advice -- the heel is much better. Its the other foot where it hurts at the ball of the feet. The strange thing is that with shoes (any shoes, dress shoes at work, running shoes, etc.) it does not hurt. As soon as I take off my shoes I feel the pain. This is not good given I need to run in transition in bare feet.
I am going to try and see a Dr. this week...
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jess1 posted 1 year ago.
Keebler71;64377 wrote:
In my case I seem to have Peroneal Tendonitis/Subluxation. The symptoms are similar to plantar fasciatis, but I don't get the characteristic morning pain and it isn't on the bottom of the foot, but on the side.
Scott
Had the same thing, was an awkward feeling injury. Glad I was Dx early and got the rest/shoes i needed.
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oztrigal posted 1 year ago.
Is the pain only in the top of your foot? I'm currently recovering from a stress fracture.. (2nd met left foot) When first done it hurt to walk especially barefoot. Now it just aches on and off, sometimes a really painful ache, but apparently that's the bone healing!
You may have a stress fracture, or reaction. It's best not to leave it up to chance or you'll be off it for even longer than need be. I waited and i'm 8 weeks into a minimum 10 week layoff of running AND cycling.
Go see either a PT or a specialist running doctor.
I had my first race of the year this past Saturday. Went very well, I beat my planned time by nearly 3 minutes and was only 1 minute off the podium. The next day I had some pain on my heel on one foot and near the balls of my feet on the other foot.
I have been training for a HIM so my miles have been much higher than the 3.1 in the sprint on Saturday. Also, I have not transitioned since last fall and did some running in bare feet through the parking lot during transition.
I think the heel on the left is a bruise. Very possibly could have stepped on a small pebble of something and not noticed. It has steadily gotten better.
The right foot worries me a little. I have never had a stress fracture so I don't know what that feels like. It could be a tendon thing as well or even a bruise. The odd thing is that if hurts off and on. In bare feet after work it hurts. I've had a few runs since then and some times it hurts and some times it doesn't. The other odd thing is it feels better when it does hurt while running to lift my big toe and cross it slightly over the next toe .... very odd.
Any thoughts? Should I get it checked out?