[at-l] Metatarsal soreness

[Doug Mathews]

Yo,,,
As a runner, I've has all kinds of issues from the top of my head to 
the bottom of my toes. I recently(6-8 weeks ago) developed soreness 
on the ball of my right foot and finally decided to visit my 
orthopedics place. This was after noticing the toes next to the big 
toe was no longer pointing in the right direction. They x rayed it 
and told me that the bones from the big toe (I guess the phalanges) 
are not doing what they are supposed to do and the bones on the toes 
to the right are trying to take up the slack. They gave me some 
ointment to reduce swelling and shoes inserts to help get everyone 
down there working in concert again.  Too soon to tell if thats it, 
but that is my recent experience.  It is not noticeable if I wear 
hard sole boots or if I do not run with any speed.
Oh, he did mention that sometimes Achilles tendon tightness can 
exacerbate it, but check my flexibility and said it was ok.  That is 
the only area that I stretch...calf and Achilles.

My experience....but you have a different tight foot! :-)

At 09:11 AM 12/14/2008, EHamilton wrote:
>Well, I've got my Achilles tendons rehabbed enough that my longer 
>walks are up to 7 miles, with 3-milers and rest days in between. 
>I've got prescription orthotic inserts in my shoes. Now my 
>metatarsals (ball of foot) are getting sore. Anyone have any 
>experience fixing this? No swelling or point tenderness suggesting 
>(shudder) stress fracture. I'm thinking a ball-of-foot cushion in 
>shoes; have to ask the foot doc if this will screw up the action of 
>the orthotics.
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