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Pain in the foot

guest — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:11:51 GMT

Pain in the foot/ arch needs to IDed correctly before you get effective treatment. Here's a video on how to use bone landmarks to have an idea before you go in to a therapist, doc, chiro whatever. I would suggest getting someone to do Active Release on it though... The last few people I have encountered with it have been fine and running within 2 weeks...maybe they were just lucky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6CeuFVpYRs

Pain in the foot

guest — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:52:14 GMT

The pain in the left foot could be what I have in my right foot, Morton's Neuroma.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0004542/

It's basically an injury to a nerve between your toes. For me it started out to numbness while I was running, which would go away quickly once my run stopped. After a few months it changed to more of a pain in the same areas, behind my toes, any time I walked. I reduced my mileage from about 90 miles a month down to 15 for a month, and it seemed to have improved. As I've ratcheted my mileage up over the last few months, some pain has returned, but I'm fighting through it to reach my goal of 1000 miles this year :-)

Anti-inflamatories are said to help, as well as wearing shoes with a wider toe box.

Good luck!

Pain in the foot

guest — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 01:17:25 GMT

Great link lots of info thanks alot

Pain in the foot

guest — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:56:39 GMT

I think you may be right because it does hurt around my ankle. which stores check your feet to help find the right shoe?

Re: Pain in the foot

guest — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:29:14 GMT

I agree with everybody else so far, but don't underestimate the effect of referred pain, which describes what happens when one or more muscles begin to tire from your recent foray into athletics after a relatively sedentary lifestyle. You will feel pain somewhere on your body that corresponds to muscles elsewhere, which may directly or indirectly affect that part of your anatomy.

An example would be tired plantarflexor and dorsiflexor muscles that are responsible for moving your foot up and down (ie: dorsi, plantar). These include muscles in the lower leg attached remotely to the metatarsals and phalanges of your foot. Pain will be felt down there, but is often caused up there. These muscles are not used to what you have undertaken, and should be wearing down to dysfunction about now, depending on your level of fitness as stated.

If you haven't looked into preventive maintenance for the leg and foot, now's a bit late, but better late than never. Gentle self-massage techniques, both exploratory and therapeutic, can slow or prevent these types of injuries by stimulating tissue without the risks of further exercise. Benefits include circulatory, lymphatic, and neuromuscular. I just use soaped fingers in the shower to check these muscles for problems and work out the kinks, but others prefer foam-rolling or professional treatment. If you have the means and prefer to leave important work to the pros, be my guest, but in my opinion, every athlete should develop the skill of immediate and/or frequent self-treatment of muscular dysfunction before it becomes pain, or shortly thereafter. Letting problems develop too far, or undertreating them can resign you to extended bouts of chronic pain.

It's true that the road of the athlete, particularly the developing athlete, is often paved with pain, but that should be from herculean effort, not from ordinary wear and tear. You always want your recovery to keep up with the inevitable damage of a regular exercise regimen, especially one focused on eventually racing. If I were you, I'd bone up on self-massage techniques and suspend or curtail the training program long enough to see if it is working. It's wrong to sacrifice your body for a schedule. There will be lots more 5ks, and better weather to come.

Re: Pain in the foot

guest — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:21:46 GMT

Here's a good read about how to pick the right shoe. It's not as good as being evaluated by a pro, but it's something every runner should know. Once you understand which shoe you need, check the Asics you're running in to see if they're a good match. http://www.therunningadvisor.com/running_shoes.html

Good luck!

Pain in the foot

guest — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:11:02 GMT

Running shoes are designed for different foot types and foot mechanics. This is a/the major advantage of going to a local running store. They can look at your feet. Watch you walk. And even watch you run so that shoes can be recommended that match you.

The pain in your right foot sounds like it could be associated with your Peroneal muscles, which run down the outside of the lower leg. The tendons for those muscles run around the back and bottom of the outside ankle bone. You might try massaging those muscles (it might be helpful to Google "Peroneals" and see where they are.

Jim

Pain in the foot

guest — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:20:46 GMT

I'm not sure what you mean by designed for my foot type ? They are asics gel scout that I purchased from an online retailer.

Re: Pain in the foot

guest — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 12:42:53 GMT

I tend to agree with Haselsmasher about taking your runs outside, running on a treadmill has its adantages, but it's different than running outside.

Another question I would have is your shoes, are they designed for your foot type? You basically buy running shoes based on your arch, whether it's high, low, etc.

Pain in the foot

guest — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:41:23 GMT

Hey thanks for responding. The pain in my left foot is not in the same place it is more in the center behind the toes. I don't believe the pain in my right foot gets worse and worse. I normally finish my run with about the same amount of pain. It seems to hurt more after the run for about a day or so then gets better.