Good greif... Just typing the title of this thread made my head hurt. Im going to take a nap when Im done here...
Ok, so after my foot went numb almost 3 weeks ago and the good Dr Gangemi diagnosed my issue via our posts (amazing!!!) I started looking more into it. Dr Gangemi also had mentioned that it was more than likely due to a trigger point around my first metararsal. So after thinking about it and doing alot of researching and thinking and generally hurting my brain parts I think Ive discovered the root cause of my injury!
Ive had a little dime sized spot on my forefoot pad for as long as I can remember. Its under where I imagine the proximal phlange meet up with the metatarsal (I traded in my Xray vision powers for the ability to NOT see fat people naked, so Im guestimating here...). After looking into it some more and probing around (on my foot thank you!) it feels like the Flexor Hallucis Longus tendon is damaged. Maybe...
The same area on my left foot feels fine, and when I probe around on it everything feels firm and umm... Attached? Yet on the same location on the right foot it feels like theres multiple pieces and their loose. If I put my weight on it theres a crunchy type of feeling and its as if theres something poping from one area to another when the weight shifts.
Some background / history. This issue has been around for quite awhile, but not the whole time Ive been running BF. Or at least it hadnt made its presence known for awhile. It started the second time I ran in my Vibrams for a 5k race on a very rough chip seal road that I oh so conviently happen to live on... I didnt feel anything during the race, my form felt great. I felt light and quick and wasnt reaching or anything like that. But later on that evening I noticed a pain in the area in question and there was some bruising coming up the aide of my foot. At this point I figured I had just landed on a rock or something and took a few days off to recoop both from soreness and the bruise. Since then Ive noticed this area is a little "tender"? I dont know that thats the best word, but since Im uneducated it will have to do!
So in my little brain thingy Ive came to the conclusion that I was subconcisouly altering my foots landing to compensate for this damaged area, which in turn put my Peroneous Longus in a bind. That, combined with my increase in mileage as of lately, is why I think I got injured....
Does this sound plausible? If so, what can I do to heal / repair the damaged flexor hallucis longus tendon? Part of me thinks that some type of cusioned, yet minimalist shoe would help, but Im not sure if that would help or do more harm.
Thoughts? Should I just have robotic legs installed in place of my current ones?
Thanks!
Ok, so after my foot went numb almost 3 weeks ago and the good Dr Gangemi diagnosed my issue via our posts (amazing!!!) I started looking more into it. Dr Gangemi also had mentioned that it was more than likely due to a trigger point around my first metararsal. So after thinking about it and doing alot of researching and thinking and generally hurting my brain parts I think Ive discovered the root cause of my injury!
Ive had a little dime sized spot on my forefoot pad for as long as I can remember. Its under where I imagine the proximal phlange meet up with the metatarsal (I traded in my Xray vision powers for the ability to NOT see fat people naked, so Im guestimating here...). After looking into it some more and probing around (on my foot thank you!) it feels like the Flexor Hallucis Longus tendon is damaged. Maybe...
The same area on my left foot feels fine, and when I probe around on it everything feels firm and umm... Attached? Yet on the same location on the right foot it feels like theres multiple pieces and their loose. If I put my weight on it theres a crunchy type of feeling and its as if theres something poping from one area to another when the weight shifts.
Some background / history. This issue has been around for quite awhile, but not the whole time Ive been running BF. Or at least it hadnt made its presence known for awhile. It started the second time I ran in my Vibrams for a 5k race on a very rough chip seal road that I oh so conviently happen to live on... I didnt feel anything during the race, my form felt great. I felt light and quick and wasnt reaching or anything like that. But later on that evening I noticed a pain in the area in question and there was some bruising coming up the aide of my foot. At this point I figured I had just landed on a rock or something and took a few days off to recoop both from soreness and the bruise. Since then Ive noticed this area is a little "tender"? I dont know that thats the best word, but since Im uneducated it will have to do!
So in my little brain thingy Ive came to the conclusion that I was subconcisouly altering my foots landing to compensate for this damaged area, which in turn put my Peroneous Longus in a bind. That, combined with my increase in mileage as of lately, is why I think I got injured....
Does this sound plausible? If so, what can I do to heal / repair the damaged flexor hallucis longus tendon? Part of me thinks that some type of cusioned, yet minimalist shoe would help, but Im not sure if that would help or do more harm.
Thoughts? Should I just have robotic legs installed in place of my current ones?
Thanks!
