I'm starting barefoot very slooooowwwwwly to avoid TMTS that had repeatedly nailed me while shod.
I have just done a couple of weeks of simply walking about barefoot around the house, minimal shoes outside plus a few mini walks on some rough stuff.
After my last barefoot walk (all 600-ish metres of it!) on an outdoor cycle track (tarmac/very small stones & a little other debris) I noticed a little soreness under the ball of each foot near the 2nd metatarsal joint.
Since then I've minimised my barefoot exposure to rough stuff & just walked about the house barefoot or in socks. Obviously nothing remotely radical!
Today I moved onto stage 2 of "the plan" and did my 1st on the spot running for 30 seconds. I did this on a smooth-ish concrete floor.
Trying to find what the pain in the balls of my feet could be I discovered that I probably have mild(?) Morton's toe (2nd metatarsal knuckle about ~5-10 mm infront of the one for my big toe). Obviously this suggests that the discomfort in the ball of my feet could be early Morton's neuroma.
I've read that one way to minimise problems with MN is to have high cadence so when doing my on the spot run I went as fast as I could. My heels rarely had the time to touch down (but I was trying to do this relaxed & not landing "up" on the toes).
My questions is:
Does this discomfort sounds like it is Morton's neuroma (& if so what should/shouldn't I be doing)?
Or is this a problem with form perhaps related to trying too hard to get max cadence?
Or is this just a typical "normal" pain that you'd expect anyone to get this early trying barefoot?
I have just done a couple of weeks of simply walking about barefoot around the house, minimal shoes outside plus a few mini walks on some rough stuff.
After my last barefoot walk (all 600-ish metres of it!) on an outdoor cycle track (tarmac/very small stones & a little other debris) I noticed a little soreness under the ball of each foot near the 2nd metatarsal joint.
Since then I've minimised my barefoot exposure to rough stuff & just walked about the house barefoot or in socks. Obviously nothing remotely radical!
Today I moved onto stage 2 of "the plan" and did my 1st on the spot running for 30 seconds. I did this on a smooth-ish concrete floor.
Trying to find what the pain in the balls of my feet could be I discovered that I probably have mild(?) Morton's toe (2nd metatarsal knuckle about ~5-10 mm infront of the one for my big toe). Obviously this suggests that the discomfort in the ball of my feet could be early Morton's neuroma.
I've read that one way to minimise problems with MN is to have high cadence so when doing my on the spot run I went as fast as I could. My heels rarely had the time to touch down (but I was trying to do this relaxed & not landing "up" on the toes).
My questions is:
Does this discomfort sounds like it is Morton's neuroma (& if so what should/shouldn't I be doing)?
Or is this a problem with form perhaps related to trying too hard to get max cadence?
Or is this just a typical "normal" pain that you'd expect anyone to get this early trying barefoot?