I have good news to report on the injury front!
I went to visit a Podiatrist this morning. The first thing they did was x-ray my right foot to make sure there was no stress fracture. So, there is no stress fracture but, there's always a but, my 2nd and 3rd metatarsals are a bit too close to each other, the 4th is a little close to the 3rd but not as much. After poking around my foot to try to elicit pain, which of course she couldn't do today because my pain has reduced a lot since Friday, she declared that more than likely it's nerve inflammation.
The nerve inflammation is what is causing the pain that radiates into my toes. Depending on how inflamed the nerve is, my toe and ball of foot pain changes quite a bit. Sometimes it's only one toe, sometimes it's all my small toes and the ball of my foot.
She thinks the shin pain in my left leg was the root cause of my right foot pain. I probably started overcompensating and putting more weight on my right foot. So the week off walking around barefoot favoring the left leg just angered the nerves in my right foot.
So as long as it doesn't hurt I can run. No walking around barefoot or in any shoes that hurt my foot. I had managed to get the pain down a lot since Friday by taking ibuprofen and icing it. Even with doing 11 trail miles Sunday and 5 road miles today it didn't hurt today like it did last week. So that's good news. The marathon is still on!
So I have a prescription anti-inflammatory patch for my foot. I also am to keep icing after runs and throughout the day when I can. As long as I can baby my foot when I'm not running to keep the inflammation down all should be right in my little world!
good to hear! did they give you any exercises or stretches you can be doing?
ReplyDeleteNope, no exercises or stretches. Just gotta get the inflammation under control. I have a follow up appt in three weeks but if it feels 100% I can cancell it. Fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteHooray! That's great news. Well, its bad that you have an injury, but its good that it's an injury, that if all goes well, won't keep you from running. Hooray! :)
ReplyDeletegood news!!! who did you end up seeing??? what did she say about barefoot running?
ReplyDeleteI saw Revonda Jessup, she was really nice. None of that weird why are you wasting my time attitude that you get from some Dr's. I flaked and forgot to mention barefoot running. But I did mention how important it was that I get back to being barefoot in my daily life and she was fine with that as long as the pain was gone.
ReplyDeleteGreat you don't have a fracture. Nerves can be so annoying sometimes, can't they? They're so moody!
ReplyDeleteReally good news! Take it easy!
ReplyDeletehappy to hear its not a stress fx. I have nerve issues in my left foot (tarsal tunnel syndrome), it is no fun. yippeee for pain free runs!
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