Abductor Hallucis pain?

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I've been dealing with this. Things that help include:

1) massage, ART, and dry-needling of both that muscle and the calf.

2) Taping the arch, similar to how one would tape for plantar fascitis or posterior tib.

3) Icing post-run

would any body recommend using dmso for this kind of injury?

wonderer2 wrote:

would any body recommend using dmso for this kind of injury?

You can give it a shot. I've never found DMSO to be of any real help. It's a fun novelty (put it on your skin and you can taste it in your mouth in a minute or two) but it just isn't the magic cure it's supposed to be.

OP I had pain in that same area and it ended up being plantar fasciitis of the distal portion of the PF, where it goes up to the ball of the foot. I got relief from avoiding walking barefoot, taping it up, and stretching out my calves.

If it really is the AH muscle, though, it should heal up pretty quick. Taping it up to restrict movement is a good idea. Take two to four days completely off (shouldn't lose too much, since you were only at 25 mpw anyways) and it ought to come around pretty quick. It's a small muscle, and I think it has good blood supply. Ice it a few times a day.

If the pain is towards the medial area of your foot (towards the center of your arch) I'd guess that it's more likely the tendon of your posterior tibialis muscle. With plantar fascitis, the pain is more in the middle.

Thanks for the replies!

I tried running today and it was good for the first 5-6 minutes then it started hurting again...

Ive been reading about PF and what I feel does not go with the symptoms of PF. Doesnt hurt in the morning, when I walk, when i jump or anything. It hurts when I run, usually about 5 minutes in.

Ive been doing calf/heel rises without any pain. And I can cramp that part of my foot just my twisting my big toe in a weird way, sort of stretching it.

I guess Ill take the rest of the week off.

Are they any stretches for the part of the foot, or anything I should do besides icing?

thanks

omg!! this is the EXACT problem I am having!!! I have been to a doctor... purchase three different pairs of running shoes...reflexology massages....inserts....laid off running for a month...and i can not find a cure!!! I do not know what caused this in the first place! I have felt like it happened over night. Does yours also hurt (like you would have a bunion?) Mine has starting moving toward the ball of my foot. there is a youtube video that explains our problem perfectly!

whoa this is almost a month old!

the pain has gone away! its been probably like 3 weeks.

I massaged daily with tiger balm and it has helped tremendously. No pain whatsoever. Just with the thumbs work from the heel to the toes and really dig in there, also the calfs. I swear man, I could not run 200 meters with the pain I was experiencing. I started massaging it and it has unbelievably gone away.

necro-ing this thread because my girlfriend has had a tough case of foot pain for about 11 months now.

After all kinds of diagnosis, doctors seem to think the abductor hallucis was torn at the origin. She hasn't run in like 6 months, but stands a lot for her job.

Any advice would be great. Doctors seem to think getting an injection deep at the site may help the inflammation calm down. Anything else to do?

Hey there, count me in on this one.

I have my first marathon in 5 weeks, and after yesterdays long run, I slowly got this weird pain in the middle of the foot, on the inner side, at the arch. Today it got worse, I felt it even when walking, I tried to do some regeneration run, but I had to cut it short. I probably shouldn't run today at all, and clearly have to take at least two days off.

I was considering PF (never had one really), but it looks much more like the strain of abductor hallucis, or some adjacent tendon.

For me, there seems to be a clear reason for this - new shoes. Formerly I ran in brooks pure grit, drop 4mm, and yesterday for the first time I tried brooks launch 5 (drop 10mm - so more then twice higher). Now I see it was stupid idea to jump straight into long run with them.

Eh, hopefully it's really just the strained muscle, and I can proceed with my training in few days.

Update: luckily, next day the pain mostly vanished, and after another three days of not running, yesterday's run was without problems, and today's as well (although both were done in those new boots with high drop). It was probably really just the strained muscle.

Any update on her situation? I have struggled with heel pain for 2.5 years following an injury. After seeing many doctors and trying all kinds of treatments it seems to be narrowed down to an issue with my heel fat pad. But as of recently this doctor thinks I may have also torn a muscle at the origin where it inserts into the base of the heel. It looks like it has been a while since your post, but hopefully you will see this and may have an update/insight to provide. Thanks.

hi, i have exactly the same thing , i can get it to cramp too exactly like that.

i have had it 9 months now and i cant get it to go away.

i have tried everything. even been to a specialist and had an mri and it didnt detect anything wrong, so i have no diagnosis , so frustrating.

so im googling it myself to try to find what it might be and i have come across this abductor hallucis muscle pain which sounds exactly like me

have you had any luck??

cheers

Hi, I have exactly the same issue! A permanent dull ache on the inside ridge of my right foot. If I curve my foot in a plantar flexion (so my big toe points downwards to my sole) I get a deep aching tension along the inside ridge as it stretches. I can hold that stretch for a short while until it starts feeling tingly and numb (pleasure/pain sensation) and then if I bend my whole foot flat up towards my shin I get the sensation of the same tendon releasing a deep ache within that area. No idea what it could be. I've looked at sole anatomy and it does sort of look like it's the FHB or FHL. Any advice anyone please and if they've received treatment for the same thing? I do wonder if it's to do with calf tension?