Four days ago I was walking down my gravel road, barefoot. I felt a jab on the outside edge of the ball of my foot. I didn't think much of it, as there are lots of sharp rocks. But after ten steps or so I realized this hurt more than normal, so I stopped to look. There was some blood and a small wound. I continued the walk, and a mile later got home to check on it. There was a small slit - about 3/32 inch. I cleaned it, which didn't amount to much because there was not much of an opening to clean. I felt around and was fairly well convinced there was nothing in there, and then put a bandaid on it.
I didn't run the next day, but the day after that I did about 5 miles barefoot. It hurt at first, but then slid into the background and I felt fine by the end of the run. But later that day it hurt a lot. I again got worrined there might be something in there, and squeezed it some with no result. I lay around for s few hours and the pain went away, but it is very sensitive to walk on.
I didn't run the next day, and don't plan to today. This hurts way more than I would expect (when I step on it - it doen't hurt when at rest). I am wondering, if a nail or something slid in a ways and came back out, could it do enough damage to hurt this much, for this long?
I am pretty sure there is no infection. It isn't at all red, and not at all hot. The only thing visible is a tiny spot where the wound was.
I didn't run the next day, but the day after that I did about 5 miles barefoot. It hurt at first, but then slid into the background and I felt fine by the end of the run. But later that day it hurt a lot. I again got worrined there might be something in there, and squeezed it some with no result. I lay around for s few hours and the pain went away, but it is very sensitive to walk on.
I didn't run the next day, and don't plan to today. This hurts way more than I would expect (when I step on it - it doen't hurt when at rest). I am wondering, if a nail or something slid in a ways and came back out, could it do enough damage to hurt this much, for this long?
I am pretty sure there is no infection. It isn't at all red, and not at all hot. The only thing visible is a tiny spot where the wound was.
