Hi guys, I guess my first post is going to be one for the doctors here. I've been barefoot lifestyle-ing for about two months, going barefoot most of the time.
I have a pain in an unclear location underneath one of my feet. It seems like it might be right between my second and big toes. The pain first started after a long, maybe 5 or 6 mile walk in my VFFs. (I usually go barefoot, and I don't run.) I had done an 8 mile hike in them before with no problems.
The pain feels like it might be related to the movement of a tendon, but I can't be sure. When I take a step and start with my heel, it hurts a lot, and it's almost as if I feel a tug on my second toe. If I walk on my tippie-toes it doesn't hurt. If I press, squeeze, or stretch my foot it doesn't hurt. There's no swelling.
Once I did experience some tingling on one half of the second toe and the opposing half of the big toe, but it went away after a few minutes.
This happened five days ago and things haven't improved. Nowadays I'm walking around in bare feet but the symptoms are still there. They get worse with the VFFs.
I've looked at capsulitis (no pain in ball of foot, no swelling) and Morton's neuroma (but squeezing doesn't hurt, none of the parts I checked in my foot are tender), but no dice. Any other ideas or similar experiences?
It's my left foot. Maybe you can see something in the photos below.
I have a pain in an unclear location underneath one of my feet. It seems like it might be right between my second and big toes. The pain first started after a long, maybe 5 or 6 mile walk in my VFFs. (I usually go barefoot, and I don't run.) I had done an 8 mile hike in them before with no problems.
The pain feels like it might be related to the movement of a tendon, but I can't be sure. When I take a step and start with my heel, it hurts a lot, and it's almost as if I feel a tug on my second toe. If I walk on my tippie-toes it doesn't hurt. If I press, squeeze, or stretch my foot it doesn't hurt. There's no swelling.
Once I did experience some tingling on one half of the second toe and the opposing half of the big toe, but it went away after a few minutes.
This happened five days ago and things haven't improved. Nowadays I'm walking around in bare feet but the symptoms are still there. They get worse with the VFFs.
I've looked at capsulitis (no pain in ball of foot, no swelling) and Morton's neuroma (but squeezing doesn't hurt, none of the parts I checked in my foot are tender), but no dice. Any other ideas or similar experiences?
It's my left foot. Maybe you can see something in the photos below.
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