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spongebob
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 Posted: 03/02/04 - 16:09 Post subject: Outside of foot is killing me... what is it?
The outside and just underneath my right foot hurts really bad. It started after a race this past weekend. It almost feels like it is bruised.
The good news is that it doesn't hurt under my arch. Just along the outside. It hurts to walk now.
It kind of feels like somebody smacked the side of my foot with a bat. I had to quit 11 minutes into my run today (which says a lot about the level of uncomfort... I never bag my runs in the middle of them).
What is this? How worried should I be? How much rest? Is there anything I can do to help it along? Can I suck it up and keep running, or is this one of those red flag things to watch out for?
Bottom of right foot
Pain/uncomfortable area indicated with the red oval
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cherylpf
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Posted: 03/02/04 - 16:37 Post subject:
It could be a number of things, so you might want to see the doctor just in case, but, I had something that sounds exactly like that, sharp pain (almost stress fracture like pain) like you are saying on the lateral edge of my right foot right where this finger is pointed
after running in the very sloped bayou. I saw a podiatrist and he determined it was peroneal insertional tendonitis. The peroneus brevis and peroneus longus go up the side of your leg and kind of help to keep your ankle from twisting. I got mine from running in uneven terrain where I was having to correct my ankles quite a bit, and the resulting pain was at the insertion point of the peroneus brevis here
I was given a prescription anti-inflammatory, an icing regimine and told to layoff, which I did (without much complaint, it hurt otherwise), and 3 weeks later I was able to run a marathon on it.
Good luck, injuries are no fun.
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jrjo
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Posted: 03/03/04 - 15:17 Post subject:
Pfff... you should be in medicine! 
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purple hayes
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Posted: 03/03/04 - 15:39 Post subject:
I've had both tendonitis and a stress fracture in my foot and they were both very localized pain. I'd say that it was something muscle related. Is there any swelling or redness?
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jrjo
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Posted: 03/03/04 - 18:13 Post subject:
Did you race in flats?
My hope is this would be just a bad 'bruise' from racing hard with little cushioning. If it subsides quick enough after a day or two, I'd attribute it to that.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 03/03/04 - 18:29 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | I've had both tendonitis and a stress fracture in my foot and they were both very localized pain. I'd say that it was something muscle related. Is there any swelling or redness? |
First thing my dr. did was an xray for a stress fracture. That was clear, so....
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airehead
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Posted: 03/03/04 - 20:42 Post subject:
See, X, I told you running is bad for you!
J/K. I hope you figure out what it is exactly and that you feel better soon.
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spongebob
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Posted: 03/05/04 - 19:43 Post subject:
I think both jrjo and cherylpf are correct.
That whole insertion point is visibly swollen and irritated. But a few days of ice and rest seemed to work it out. Chances are that racing flats did me in on a tough terrain with a solid effort.
I need to go look up stretches to keep that from happening again.
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