Running with metatarsal pads? Anyone??

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Podiatrist recommended met pads for my condition. I haven't ran in them but my foot feels better while walking.

My son does this- injury was over a year ago, started to come back when discontinuing the pad, so went back to it. Wears them in one shoe only. Is very careful to put new pad in each pair of new shoes in exactly the same place. 40-50 mpw. Does not wear pad in spikes or road racing shoes.

The pad did seem to help but not a controlled experiment, so who knows.

Just bought some bc have some sort of 1st metatarsal stress reaction, wore my shoe with the right met pad in for a couple days then decided to take a full month off from running and just cycle instead. Not sure how I feel about the met pad

On the first Monday while the Olympics were on my foot hurt while walking into the grocery store. The podiatrist cut the forefoot out of an orthotic, put double sided tape on it and told me to walk on it for a couple of weeks before running again. After a week I began jogging on it 🐒 the strangest thing was that my foot seemed more stable, the only problem was that when my foot would sweat the double sided tape would go so you have to strap it to your foot.

Check the bottom of your foot for calluses and other hard skin, you'd be surprised at how they mess with your metatarsals.

I bought some and walked in them. They're a real pain in the butt trying to get them placed just right. I use athletic tape and just tape the thing to the bottom of my foot once i find the correct placement then i put my sock over it. Walking feels ridiculously better with the met pads than before. Just curious about running on them. I can feel my toes spread out with the pads below my met heads and wondered if this can be an issue running like that. I ran a speedwork out a little too hard and gave myself turf toe. Been about a week of no running now. Doesn't hurt to walk. I feel some distant sesamoid ache, mostly feel tension in the big toe ligaments. Kinda sucks I'm about 3 weeks from my goal race I signed up for back in March.

I made my own. Old shoe insert and duct tape.

Nearly instant relief. Considering how much it was impacting my running I'd dare say miraculous.

Jeez letsrun. You've really let me down. Over 24 hours for this thread and not one tampon pun. For shame.

Yes I ran with metatarsal pads, but only the ones that clip onto your toe. The ones you just paste on the back of your feet don't really work for me. YOu may want to try out some of the met pads reviewed here:

http://thereviewgurus.com/reviews/best-metatarsal-pads/

my metatarsal pad is tiny compared to that pic. my pad is the size of my thumb and it fits between my big toe and the next. it serves to separate the metatarsal so that the tendons aren't restricted reducing inflammation.

Yep. I have flat feet and I had the same problem until my podiatrist gave me some cheap temporary metatarsal pads. They ended up working better than any prescription shoe insert I bought so I have continued to use them. I have been using the hapad brand for about 6 years now. I recently tried the Nike Zoom Structure shoes and they provided comparable support to the metatarsal pads.