Anyone ever have sesamoiditis?

4 - 6 weeks? Wow! I had a case a few years ago but mine was minor compared to yours. My feet were sore but I was able to train through it. Early on, I took a pair of old insoles and cut out a hole directly under the sesamoid bones. This alleviated the pain and allowed the area to heal while I still trained. Maybe you can try that when you get back to running. Good luck with it.

BTW - I've never had another sesamoid problem since that healed up.

Thanks dude, could you shoot me an email because I have a few questions about the injury if you dont mind. jasstein@umich.edu

Also had this problem at one point. As I already was wearing orthotics, my podiatrist modified by next prescription to eliminate the rigid posting material underneath the sesamoid bones of the big toe. No problems ever since.

Had it and had to have a cortisone injection to cure it. My body wouldn't remove the inflammation on it's own, but once the cortisone had dissipated the inflammation it stayed away and has been fine since.

There is apparently a very slight chance that the cortisone could eat away the fat under the ball of the foot which is (needless to say) not good.

I had been running in orthotics and received a cortisone shot a week ago but still nothing has helped. Not sure how he could modify the orthotic to help the area though.

Sesamoid wrote:

I had been running in orthotics and received a cortisone shot a week ago but still nothing has helped. Not sure how he could modify the orthotic to help the area though.

Cortisone shot doesn't help sesamoiditis. My podiatrist had me in a boot for 4 weeks minimum because there is very little blood flow to that area and takes longer than most foot injuries to heal.

Sesamoid wrote:

Not sure how he could modify the orthotic to help the area though.

My orthotics are ~3/4 length. They go up to the lowest bone of each toe. Under the big toe, there's only the soft cover material; the harder plastic underneath is 'notched out'.

Ditto the donut hole pad idea-//worked for me.

Get this problem sorted before it gets worse.

I had similar pain in my freshman year and was advised by the Trainer that it was a bone bruise. I continued to run as pain allowed, with different inserts etc to help relieve pressure, until the pain got too bad. X-rays and a boot later it still wasn't sorted and a bone scan revealed that the medial sesamoid had cracked and broken up. A month later I had the remaining portion of the bone excised and have luckily had no direct issues with it since, except for lack of range-of-motion in the main toe joint.

Good news is that I have since run sub-4 and been on a NCAA XC Championship team, so it doesn't stop you running, but can take 2-3 years out of your career.

Thanks guys, I tried cutting a hole in the insole and it has felt a little better today, also got a second shot from the podiatrist and picked up "Runner's Repair Manual" from the library.

Im not sure if the pain is in the sesamoid bone anymore, or just radiating towards that location because when the doc pushed on the bones today there was no pain but when I press other locations further back (towards my heel) it hurts. Don't know if I should attempt jogging on it and see how it feels.

Also, my orthotics are full lengthened and made out of cork so they're flexable. I had been running in them for 6 months after shin issues, and I stopped walking in them because I felt they were a little too rigid and putting too much pressure on the sesamoid. The only question is whether I should use them again when I do start running again since I haven't worn them in 6 weeks.

The only thing that worked for me was what this guy said to do http://www.thesesamoiditiscure.com after almost 3 years of having sesamoiditis. It took about a month to go away after that.

Hi, I had sesamoiditis for about a year until I got ultrasound therapy. I believe the therapist used the following setting: 3mhz 50% continuous cycle. I immediately felt pain relief from this. See if you can get this ultrasound therapy from your PT. If anyone has had success doing something else to alleviate sesamoiditis please post! Thanks

considering cortisone injection for sesamoiditis. anyone have experience with this?

gid wrote:

considering cortisone injection for sesamoiditis. anyone have experience with this?

It helped mine but only temporarily.

It helped mine but only temporarily.[/quote]

How long did it last? Could it get me through an Xc season?

It didn't last me that long. Seems like it was a few weeks.

If yours is not so bad that you can still run and tolerate the pain, you have other options. Use a forefoot cushion and/or cut a hole in your insole just below the sesamoid. Anything to relieve the pressure on the bone.

That is exactly what my $600 orthotics are doing.

Thanks! i think i'll try adding a sesamoid pad on to my 400$ (unimpressive) orthotics and give it a go...

I sesamoiditis, but it never answered.

If no one had ever had it, then there wouldn't be a name for it, would there?