Heeling a Bone Bruise of the lower posterior heel--Podiatrists or foot specialists' help requested

I had a similar (if not identical) problem for a long time, and then I got arch supports for my shoes (I pronate and had never used any kind of arch support before). I do not have the problem anymore.

If you pronate then maybe you should try getting arch supports.

AHHH you make a wonderful point C2J. Have u triplejumped in a while.

I removed my built up arched orthotics and my foot actually felt better.

I am sure it is something else, but how do I get rid of it?

wow, thats crazy!! i have the exact same injury as you. been like this for 3weeks know too. i think i hurt mine after i was waterjumping. cuz one day i was fine, waterjumping didnt feel i landed wrong. but the next day i was unable to run at all without any pain to that spot. it was one of the worst feelings cuz it hurt like a bitch. but i havent gone to a sport doctor, just our trainer. in order for me to run, i have to have it wrapped to get it pressurized and it wont hurt. but if i even try to do any strides without it wrapped....it wont happen. i was told today though, that if it doesnt get better my next week, they gonna send me to doctor to get a shot. but yea though, like the 1st post, how can i get rid of this to also salvage my track season? trainer told me that its most likely just a bone bruise. cuz sometimes it just hurts walking around, like today.

must be that time of year or something. Got the same thing after i biffed a water barrier. Lucky though, it's on this inside of the heel so it does't take a whole lot of direct impact when I run. I've actually found it feels better with orthotics in. Anyone have any idea how feasible running through these things is? This would be a really shitty time to have to cross train.

Gosh is this thing contagious? My heel has been hurting in the area most of your are describing also... It started with in-door track where I noticed one day after a speed session that the left heel was very tight and sore. I have continued to run through it but it is of course not bouncing back. I ice it well after each run and my boyfriend works on massaging the foot but also the calf area as tightness in both those areas could effect the foot. The trouble is that one tends to compensate if not landing correctly on the foot ie left heel/ankle hurts after awhile my right hip talks to me..... I would not take a shot if you paid me, they are a supposed quick fix and its like putting a band aid on a deep gash, it will not heal the issue but rather mask it, cortisone often seems to be the wonder cure but in actual fact I have rarely heard anyone say they were permenantly better from an injury based on a shot. I am also stretching the area and trying to keep good support under my feet. I am a neutral runner for the most part so don't feel like orthotics is an issue. I suppose I haven't been very helpful but it sounds like I am not alone with this pesky ache.Anyone have other ideas that might help us gimps get out of the woods? :O)

sandyvag wrote:

must be that time of year or something. Got the same thing after i biffed a water barrier. Lucky though, it's on this inside of the heel so it does't take a whole lot of direct impact when I run. I've actually found it feels better with orthotics in. Anyone have any idea how feasible running through these things is? This would be a really shitty time to have to cross train.

I'm now done for the season,and possibly forever. I am going to college next year and this was my last chance to run fast enough times to compete. But after 3 weeks off, all the therapy, ice, everything in the world, still pain.

Take care of yourself everyone, and get your injuries fixed before they take you out for good. If I can't compete, I won't run anymore.

Sitting here reading about this, because a similar pain is preventing me from training this morning.

But don't give up, maybe in 2-3 days everything changes. That is what I am hoping. The body seems to heal in miraculous ways. The only thing predictable is that more rest won't hurt!

You can't give up on running because of such a simple injury. Put it into perspective, what if you had ruptured your achillers instead. Cross-train for another week if you have to, so you don't lose the aerobic base you've built up. Ice and rest, as frustrating as the repetious and seemingly fruitless undertaking it seems, is the only way to go.

IS there a reason ice and therapy don't work? I have an injury in my heel that doesn't respond to ice and tons of physical therapy.

mine has well been over 2-3 days. goin past 3 weeks know. it just doesnt seem to get better. i'm doin all the therapy my trainer tells me to do, and ice 3-4 times a day for 30min, but still nothing. mine is the left foot. and i hate running, well racing actually, with it wrapped. i wish it was fine to where i didnt need it. but its annoying. it sux big time.