Hey everybody,
I've been running barefoot for almost 4 months now with no mishaps. I don't run in minimalist shoes EVER. I've worked myself up to about 2.5 miles, approaching 3. Everything's great. Here's my problem:
Went out today walking barefoot, everything feeling good. Then all of a sudden I got a weird pain on the bottom of my left foot ... just under my front pad deep deep in the root of my foot. Not under my toes. It was further back inside the pad just where the ball of my foot meets my arch.
It felt like a cramp or a twisted ball of muscle. Every time I stepped on it there was pain. I stopped to rub it, which was also pretty painful. This happened to me once a few months back on my oppisite (right) foot. Again, it happened when I was walking around barefoot NOT running.
I think this might be a growing pain (???) but I can't be sure. Was wondering if anyone else has had this sensation...
Here's the kicker. It comes. It hurts. Then, just like a side stitch or a muscle ache, it's gone. It totally ruined my run today. I just turned around and limped home. Now I'm sitting on the carpet pushing on it, wiggling my toes and flexing my foot...and the pain is absolutely gone. My foot feels great. If this episode is anything like my right foot's ache, it will be gone tomorrow and I will be able to run again. But I'm sure as heck not running on anything that hurts!
I've been running barefoot for almost 4 months now with no mishaps. I don't run in minimalist shoes EVER. I've worked myself up to about 2.5 miles, approaching 3. Everything's great. Here's my problem:
Went out today walking barefoot, everything feeling good. Then all of a sudden I got a weird pain on the bottom of my left foot ... just under my front pad deep deep in the root of my foot. Not under my toes. It was further back inside the pad just where the ball of my foot meets my arch.
It felt like a cramp or a twisted ball of muscle. Every time I stepped on it there was pain. I stopped to rub it, which was also pretty painful. This happened to me once a few months back on my oppisite (right) foot. Again, it happened when I was walking around barefoot NOT running.
I think this might be a growing pain (???) but I can't be sure. Was wondering if anyone else has had this sensation...
Here's the kicker. It comes. It hurts. Then, just like a side stitch or a muscle ache, it's gone. It totally ruined my run today. I just turned around and limped home. Now I'm sitting on the carpet pushing on it, wiggling my toes and flexing my foot...and the pain is absolutely gone. My foot feels great. If this episode is anything like my right foot's ache, it will be gone tomorrow and I will be able to run again. But I'm sure as heck not running on anything that hurts!