Evening!
After suffering with shin splints and on and off running every 6 weeks waiting for them to heel and hopefully be gone I decided to try running in vibrams after hearing about how many people have got rid of then shin, knee, hip pains from going barefoot running/wearing vibrams, so i got myself a pair.
First mistake of doing the too much too soon....
I decided to go for a run in the snow, what was ment to be a quick run down the road and back turned into a 5km run, i was loving it!!!! in the last 100m running home i felt a slight cramping, in my right arch....thought nothing of it. come the next morning it was quiet swollen and i had pain on the underside of my foot right in the middle like a tack...
now its been 3 weeks since this happened, i can still feel it there, but not as bad as it was. Ive been stretching my calfs and hamstrings as ive heard this can help, ive tried not to stretch the plantar as it usually inflames it and starts not hurting but irritating.
I have no morning pains walking on it, i can walk short distances no probs, driving causes it to flare up abit though so tried to avoid driving, but dont want to walk incase this will make it worse :-(
Ive asked on a few forums what to do as i signed up for a marathon in 6 months time and need to train for it, I know its too late to get the millage up in the vibrams, but i would like to get the race finished, so do i....
1)Rest more, let nature take it course and start running in 2-3 weeks time where i have no twinges, stick to my over-pronating trainers (Was advised to use these for my shin splints but it didnt fix it) and then sloooooowly work back into my vibrams and do it the correct way
or
2)Carry on wearing my vibrams to build up strength in my feet (Im quite flat footed), but doing small walks and using them as much as possible or will this just aggrivate the problem and just set me back?
Sorry its such a long winded first post
After suffering with shin splints and on and off running every 6 weeks waiting for them to heel and hopefully be gone I decided to try running in vibrams after hearing about how many people have got rid of then shin, knee, hip pains from going barefoot running/wearing vibrams, so i got myself a pair.
First mistake of doing the too much too soon....
I decided to go for a run in the snow, what was ment to be a quick run down the road and back turned into a 5km run, i was loving it!!!! in the last 100m running home i felt a slight cramping, in my right arch....thought nothing of it. come the next morning it was quiet swollen and i had pain on the underside of my foot right in the middle like a tack...
now its been 3 weeks since this happened, i can still feel it there, but not as bad as it was. Ive been stretching my calfs and hamstrings as ive heard this can help, ive tried not to stretch the plantar as it usually inflames it and starts not hurting but irritating.
I have no morning pains walking on it, i can walk short distances no probs, driving causes it to flare up abit though so tried to avoid driving, but dont want to walk incase this will make it worse :-(
Ive asked on a few forums what to do as i signed up for a marathon in 6 months time and need to train for it, I know its too late to get the millage up in the vibrams, but i would like to get the race finished, so do i....
1)Rest more, let nature take it course and start running in 2-3 weeks time where i have no twinges, stick to my over-pronating trainers (Was advised to use these for my shin splints but it didnt fix it) and then sloooooowly work back into my vibrams and do it the correct way
or
2)Carry on wearing my vibrams to build up strength in my feet (Im quite flat footed), but doing small walks and using them as much as possible or will this just aggrivate the problem and just set me back?
Sorry its such a long winded first post