Hi all! I've been running with shoes off and on for years, stopping once for PF and once for shin splints. Finally decided to try to make the switch to barefoot last summer after some online research. It's been good to read everyone's stories on this site and others but I still did TMTS last fall and hurt my left midfoot. It started suddenly at the start of one run after going from 1 1/2 to about 2 miles. The only indication was that for several weeks when I got out of bed in the morning it seemed like my feet took a few minutes to feel okay--slight discomfort midfoot.
I switched to the elliptical for the winter anyway because of Reynauds and finally tried icing the foot this spring, and what do you know that really helps. In retrospect I could have been icing it all winter if I sat in front of a heater. So I'm taking it extra cautious, having started in late March in socks and my new Invisible Shoes, switching to no socks and BF for part of the runs as it gets warmer. No pain in the foot for the most of the day now; maybe a little after running and icing. I was probably running too much on my toes. It definitely seemed to get worse if I landed too hard on the forefoot without letting heels touch down.
Feet are feeling much better and stronger lately and I even seem to have developed arches. Here's to a warm summer!
Randy
I switched to the elliptical for the winter anyway because of Reynauds and finally tried icing the foot this spring, and what do you know that really helps. In retrospect I could have been icing it all winter if I sat in front of a heater. So I'm taking it extra cautious, having started in late March in socks and my new Invisible Shoes, switching to no socks and BF for part of the runs as it gets warmer. No pain in the foot for the most of the day now; maybe a little after running and icing. I was probably running too much on my toes. It definitely seemed to get worse if I landed too hard on the forefoot without letting heels touch down.
Feet are feeling much better and stronger lately and I even seem to have developed arches. Here's to a warm summer!
Randy
