dianne9106
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Hi!
First I am new here. I am also on the Barefoot board on RW and I saw a thread about Ask the Docs for this board, so I decided to join. The below post is a a crosspost from RW. For a little backgroud that may not be in the post: I am almost 40 (3 weeks shy), I have had PF and had the surgery on my left in 2007. It was better and I have had stiffness off and on through the years. I have recently lost over 30lbs and I have become physcially active again. I am training for a half marathon in Merrell Pace Gloves - started before I knew about BFR. I do enjoy MR at the present since it's easier on my knees and hips, etc... I am also racing in my first Sprint Tri this weekend (400m, 14 miles, 5K). I do plan to start with BFR after my HM since I know it will take a little time to start over again in some respects. So here we go:
For quite sometime I have been noticing that my left ankle has been bothering me - doesn't really matter what I do, what kind of shoes I wear, go barefooted, how long I run, etc... I know I rolled it (not tooo badly) in a pair of lower wedge shoes one day about 2 months ago. I babied it a little and then it felt fine. Then between runs, I noticed it would hurt a little, but after I rotated it and stretched a little it was fine. I went to my chiro and he said I had an inverted sprain and there was likely an old injury there from before as well. He adjusted it a couple of times and said I was good to go. He did say I might have a little tendonitis in it - but not surprising since I have it in my right elbow with it trying to start in my left (lucky me). During my runs, I notice if my form starts to slip a little, I can hear my left land a little harder than the other and I straighten it up and all is well. I know my left is my dominate foot - it's larger, I always step off with it (it is the way you march in the Army), I start all of my runs with it, walking, skipping, etc... I am actually going to a different chiro this evening - he is more sports minded, does marathons, Ironman's, etc...
Sometimes when I put my feet together, I notice something is off about my left foot - it looks different, almost like I don't have the same arch anymore. Now, I have always had high arches - always. Beautiful, supple, wonderful arches. But now the left doesn't look as high as my right. This morning when I was stretching and I had my feet together my sitter (she is also sports training intern at a local high school) noticed that my left was rather longer than the other. I knew that it was, but not the way it is now! See pics - my left looks like it's got some sweet toe splay going on - LOL! I did the paper bag thing since it was raining outside, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered.
Right now I am only running in my Merrell Pace Gloves - sometimes I take my shoes off and run a few hundred meters (nothing to brag about or report) at the end of my run. I normally only wear my Merrell Pure Gloves or ultra flat flip flops or just plain barefoot. Nothing else hurts - my Achilles feel great, I am not having TOFP, bottom of foot pain, sometimes it hurts on the edge of left foot - but I have had that off and on for a few years. I did have a plantar fasciaectomy (sp) done on my left foot 4 years ago were the podiatrist cut my fascia and and stitched up my foot.
**My new chiro is going to treat me this evening (9/7) based on what he sees on my xrays. I have stressed factured my hip in the past (1994) and he thinks that might be part of my problem. He adjusted my feet yesterday, but I am still having some pain on the outside left edge (peroneal brevis??) Oh and my left foot does tend to flap more when I run and I am not paying attention to my form. The chiro said I might have a little drop foot going on too.... Oh and I do know that this has happened within the past 3 weeks. I was just comparing my arches to my husband's lack of arches before he left for a few weeks for work. Will my arch ever come back? I am kind of sad and I hope this dosen't hobble me
I just want to make it through my HM and then figure everything out.
http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww172/thewebbs03/feet1.jpg
http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww172/thewebbs03/feet2.jpg
http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww172/thewebbs03/feet3.jpg
First I am new here. I am also on the Barefoot board on RW and I saw a thread about Ask the Docs for this board, so I decided to join. The below post is a a crosspost from RW. For a little backgroud that may not be in the post: I am almost 40 (3 weeks shy), I have had PF and had the surgery on my left in 2007. It was better and I have had stiffness off and on through the years. I have recently lost over 30lbs and I have become physcially active again. I am training for a half marathon in Merrell Pace Gloves - started before I knew about BFR. I do enjoy MR at the present since it's easier on my knees and hips, etc... I am also racing in my first Sprint Tri this weekend (400m, 14 miles, 5K). I do plan to start with BFR after my HM since I know it will take a little time to start over again in some respects. So here we go:
For quite sometime I have been noticing that my left ankle has been bothering me - doesn't really matter what I do, what kind of shoes I wear, go barefooted, how long I run, etc... I know I rolled it (not tooo badly) in a pair of lower wedge shoes one day about 2 months ago. I babied it a little and then it felt fine. Then between runs, I noticed it would hurt a little, but after I rotated it and stretched a little it was fine. I went to my chiro and he said I had an inverted sprain and there was likely an old injury there from before as well. He adjusted it a couple of times and said I was good to go. He did say I might have a little tendonitis in it - but not surprising since I have it in my right elbow with it trying to start in my left (lucky me). During my runs, I notice if my form starts to slip a little, I can hear my left land a little harder than the other and I straighten it up and all is well. I know my left is my dominate foot - it's larger, I always step off with it (it is the way you march in the Army), I start all of my runs with it, walking, skipping, etc... I am actually going to a different chiro this evening - he is more sports minded, does marathons, Ironman's, etc...
Sometimes when I put my feet together, I notice something is off about my left foot - it looks different, almost like I don't have the same arch anymore. Now, I have always had high arches - always. Beautiful, supple, wonderful arches. But now the left doesn't look as high as my right. This morning when I was stretching and I had my feet together my sitter (she is also sports training intern at a local high school) noticed that my left was rather longer than the other. I knew that it was, but not the way it is now! See pics - my left looks like it's got some sweet toe splay going on - LOL! I did the paper bag thing since it was raining outside, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered.
Right now I am only running in my Merrell Pace Gloves - sometimes I take my shoes off and run a few hundred meters (nothing to brag about or report) at the end of my run. I normally only wear my Merrell Pure Gloves or ultra flat flip flops or just plain barefoot. Nothing else hurts - my Achilles feel great, I am not having TOFP, bottom of foot pain, sometimes it hurts on the edge of left foot - but I have had that off and on for a few years. I did have a plantar fasciaectomy (sp) done on my left foot 4 years ago were the podiatrist cut my fascia and and stitched up my foot.
**My new chiro is going to treat me this evening (9/7) based on what he sees on my xrays. I have stressed factured my hip in the past (1994) and he thinks that might be part of my problem. He adjusted my feet yesterday, but I am still having some pain on the outside left edge (peroneal brevis??) Oh and my left foot does tend to flap more when I run and I am not paying attention to my form. The chiro said I might have a little drop foot going on too.... Oh and I do know that this has happened within the past 3 weeks. I was just comparing my arches to my husband's lack of arches before he left for a few weeks for work. Will my arch ever come back? I am kind of sad and I hope this dosen't hobble me
I just want to make it through my HM and then figure everything out.http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww172/thewebbs03/feet1.jpg
http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww172/thewebbs03/feet2.jpg
http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww172/thewebbs03/feet3.jpg
