Has anyone here experienced metatarsalgia? If so, how did you treat it? I've haven't run a step in over a month and the discomfort is actually getting worse. Any advice?
Has anyone here experienced metatarsalgia? If so, how did you treat it? I've haven't run a step in over a month and the discomfort is actually getting worse. Any advice?
I rubbed it a bit, but you really have to stay off it.
Others that I talked to at the time have suggested new shoes.
it hurts a lot... take advil it helps more than it does for most other injuries, ice, and run through it-rest never helps me with it. recurring problem, just try to suck it up for a week or so-it usually isn't at its worst for more than a week at a time for me. good luck.
Have you tried metatarsal pads? Shoe rotation? Toe stretches?
I switched to Altra and their line of zero-drop kicks earlier this year and ended my 4-5 year battle with 2-3 metatarsalgia for good. Look into a shoe with a wider toe box and smaller drop. Could be your answer.
Soft orthosis with metatarsal pad. Your metatarsal heads are collapsing.
I had this and I took 3 weeks off and it never got better. I started running on it and started to go away. I also walked a lot and that helped. I know it sounds weird but sometimes rest isn't always the answer. I also bought these little pads to put in the forefront of my shoe and they did wonders. It was barely raised but cover the whole ball of foot. It took about 1 month of running and now I don't notice it. Good luck
from 'can't run' to 'pain free' in 1 week
Yep, suffered with this for several months. Make room in your toe box.
For me, moving from the rigid Kinvara 4 "film" to the more flexible Kinvara 5 "mesh" material did the trick. Also, I started wearing only thin "performance" socks instead of whatever was in my sock drawer. The pain subsided gradually until it disappeared completely after 2 weeks.
Standing on a Golf Ball wrote:
Has anyone here experienced metatarsalgia? If so, how did you treat it? I've haven't run a step in over a month and the discomfort is actually getting worse. Any advice?
Ice, stretch everything (calves, PF with golf ball). I had bad form with some over striding in the first year running and I think that was the cause of it.
Think about your leg/food moving backwards before foot strike and not just crash-land on it. (I don't know how to explain it better). That's what helped me.
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