Fix My Foot Take 10

Sorry but that picture reminds me of why I didn't become a foot doc. Anyway, off top of my head some things to check: peroneal longus tendon injury/re-injury; inferior displaced cuboid or lateral cuneiform; torn scar tissue. just my .02

Wejo, what shoes do you train in? How did the pain initially occur? Was there one specific workout that brought on a drastic pain, or was it something gradual that you only began to notice after a while?

Have you been checked out by a biomechanical specialist and had leg lengths evaluated and so forth?

despite the text message i sent myself when we were at ruloffs, i never sent you that guys number. his name is dave quier, and his number is 610-760-0694. he'll know who i am if you mention me. if you didn't want to drive down to pa to see him, i'm sure he could reccommend someone he knows in the ithaca area. at any rate, at this point i figure it's probably worth a shot for you.

alyssa

I dunno bro when you've got long standing injuries like that it seems inevitable that there is some sort of compensation. Initially I though maybee a pair of shoes you are in may be iritating the are. Then I thought that if the pain was in the area of the major arch, then you could be subconsioucly tigthening up some of the outside arches so that less pressure, at least on impact, would role onto your "arch." Oh well bro, keep after it I hope everythin works out for the best. Dont' drink too much beer.

G

I am also curious to know which shoes you were training in during the time of these injuries? Do tell....

Wejo,

Saw that you tried Acupunture. I like Active Release Therapy (ART). Maybe you could try emailing Dr. Mike Leahey (spelling) you'll figure it out if you go to

www.activereleae.com

Maybe he can help put you in the right direction or something. They have the local look up too, so maybe theres a doctor closer that could help you just don't know about? I'm not really sure, but all I know is that Dr. Fullem is amazing and as a patient of his in the past his advice has always been nothing but positive help. I'd say talk to him as much as possible and maybe go see him. I don't think there are too many sports doctors who are as knowledgeable about there profession, especially when it comes to runners, as he is.

Good luck,

GS

You should never run after cortisone shots unless you are running the race of your life like Olympic trials or the Olympics.

wejo wrote:

a few weeks ago I concluded my problems were due to imbalances in my back/hips and started doing something to address it. So maybe I started landing more squarely on my foot and stressed the outside of it?

that's possible; what have you been doing to address the problem?

your foot looks fat and out of shape. go drink some more beers with mo.

If I could help, I honestly would. But since I can't (I don't have any good advice on foot injuries), I will instead offer useless sarcasm:

hey, I thought that one couldn't get hurt from high mileage??? Isn't that the agenda that the LetsRun crowd is always pushing, that ONLY fast running can hurt you? Does Rojo run anymore? What happened to you guys? The trials of miles........ and the verdict is: too much of a good thing is just that, TOO MUCH.

(but hey, you ran those 2 near-28 Ten k's, so that's a career that I would be proud of, and they are probably worth being hurt now. So maybe it's just time to hang it up and get that cushy Republican/washington political gig that your connections SURELY can get you. And when you have that job, you can always look back and know that at least you EARNED those fast 10k's)

Man, the hatred and jealously never ceases to amaze me. If you go through life acting like everything is given to everyone else than I feel sorry for you. Life isn't fair and we don't all start with the same amount of opportunities but America is a great place full of opportunity.

Robert started coaching that's what happened. I got injured big deal. Robert was injured throughout high school probably despite never running more than 40 miles a week. He didn't even try and run in college. Then post collegiately, he saw what I was doing and ran a 2:23 marathon and ran high mileage. Then he started coaching and has other priorities. But he still has no problem going out and running a 100 miles week like he is this summer as he has more time on his hands.

My foor injury is not an overuse injury. It's biomechanicla. I have not had a overuse injury since I started running high mileage. Whether I ran very little or a lot the foot until recently would hurt the same.

Is that the Bucknell Fullem? Ran against those guys at Hood to Coast several years in the 90s, still have and race in the Bucknell singlet he gave me.

Have you had a bone scan? could it be something inbetween a metatarsal? Bone spur? Chip? Pinched nerve? Those things would be acute and hurt like a mofo. I'm assuming stress fracture has been ruled out. Could also be something weird, like foreign object. My buddy in uni had a needle (yes a sweing needle) removed from his knee after pain forced him to stop running on it. Turns out it had been in there, unbeknownst to him, for a while. He fell on the carpet or something when he was younger, we suppose.

Can't really help you out, but good luck with it.

Wejo,

I used to live in Ithaca and had very good luck with

a local podiatrist...Dr. Mary Ellen Smolca.

Did an amazing cast of my foot for orthodics...very thorough. She is a great listener and does great recon on foot symptoms.

Unless you make the trip to Dr. Fullem in CT,

she might be an option.

Hope this helps. In the mean time...stay away from those hills for a little bit...difficult but might be necessary...esp. in Ithaca.

Good luck

Wejo,

I had pretty much the same symptoms. Try running in the Asics Gel Cumulus VI. (If you can't find a version VI the VII is pretty close.) It has a great arch and is very soft. It is the only shoe that doesn't hurt me when I run.

wejo have you thought about the taping we told you about a few weeks back at the CU track? It help me overcome a very bad case of PF on my left foot, which I thought was torn not just a lttle bit. get back to us if you want help.

Jzs & Smms

Man Wejo, that sucks. Good luck. My only advice is to be open to the fact that it could be something other than biomechanical. I like the pinched nerve, bone chip possibilities.

On another note, since you mentioned Robert is running 100 miles a week this summer, if I may ask, what's he training for? He runs 100 miles a week for a while and he just might bust a very good half or marathon or something. So, what's he gunning for?

Is that the Bucknell Fullem?

There is only one Fullem!

Not sure what the problem is. But when I had PF I used the boot when I slept and it taught me what position I need to have my feet in when I sleep and then no more PF.

Wejo, like it or not, plantar fasciitis is one of the most insidious of all injuries, often taking years to heal. Mine took over 4 1/2 years to heal and has never bothered me since. Hopefully, you'll be as lucky.

The root causes are pure speculation. If it's "overusage" or "biomechanical" -- both boilerplate diagnoses that essentially means "I don't know" -- then why isn't the other foot injured, as well? Is the usage and biomechanics different on the other foot? If "overusage" and "biomechanics" are the culprits, then why aren't we all always injured? Injuries, simply put, happen, they go with the territory.

"Injuries heal, slow times never will" - John Schiefer