Need to rule out a stress fracture first so you are not doing more harm running
on it.


Dr. Tony Knapp
Knapp Chiropractic & Sports Rehab
www.knappsportschiro.com
21351 Gentry Drive
Suite 125
Sterling, VA 20166
(703) 406-8686






To: trirats@yahoogroups.com; emelis@...
From: her_liberty@...
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:09:56 -0700
Subject: Re: [Tri RATS] Pain in the ball of the foot





I too would be interested in people's thoughts on this. I've been having similar
pains in my left foot. Interestingly, I've also noticed that I was having pain
in the side of my left knee. Also, my left leg/foot is the most common site for
injuries, so I'm thinking it is likely uneven stride causing bruising . . . but
that's just a theory. I'm focusing on form pretty heavily to see if that helps
for now.

Heather Rosso her_liberty@... ne te quesavaris extra As the pattern gets
more intricate & subtle, being swept along is no longer enough.

--- On Tue, 3/31/09, Erik Melis <emelis@...> wrote:

From: Erik Melis <emelis@...>
Subject: [Tri RATS] Pain in the ball of the foot
To: trirats@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 8:43 PM

Greetings all,

I think I may either have bruised the ball of my foot somehow or may be

developing something like a Morton's neuroma. There's considerable

tenderness in the ball of my right foot when I run or when I walk barefoot.

The pain is not as noticeable when wearing padded shoes and just walking or

standing. It seems to be concentrated between the 2nd and 3rd toes (which

isn't the more typical location for a Morton's, i.e. between the 3rd and 4th

toes). I've palpated the foot and if I dig my finger into the ball of foot

deep enough I can recreate the pain but can't really feel any noticeable

lumps or knots. I also noticed numbness and tingling in my toes on that

foot when running. I'm in fairly new shoes (only about a month or so old

and the same style I've been using for at least a year-and-a-half) that are

not tight in the toe box.

I only started noticing it shortly after the National Half. I've done the

Advil, icing, Epsom salts/alcohol soaks, etc and am just trying to see if

there's anything else I should be doing before resigning to drag myself to

the doc. The only thing I haven't done is stop running... :)

This will certainly put a cramp (no pun intended) in my style for Sunday's

Cherry Blossom.

Thoughts or advice?

Thanks in advance,

Erik

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