Foot pain after marathon

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I'm a marathon runner and am currently training for the Boston Marathon. For people who don't run marathons that might not seem like a big deal, but, for me, it is. It took me several years of hard training, running 70 miles a week, to finally get a fast enough time to qualify to even run this race - there is no way I'm not running it.

My left hand and left foot have had tingling episodes. I also have a lot of upper back pain, bilateral leg pain in the back, and headaches every morning (feel like sinus headaches). I also have good days, but it's only like 1-3 days in a row, then i'll have a lot of bad days in a row. I'm 26, F and also used to run a lot (not near as much as you). I was running 4 miles 3 times a week. I'm tall, lean, and usually eat healthy. no drugs or smoking.

For the past three days I've had pain in my right foot. It doesn't hurt when I'm not putting pressure on it, but it hurts when I walk on it or when I put pressure on it from the top of the foot. It feels kind of like I pulled a muscle in my foot, but I don't know how I would have done so. If I've been sitting for a while and get up to walk, it hurts a lot but if I walk for a while it starts to go away.

I got up early in the night and initially it painful putting weight on my foot, however after a few steps the pain decreased. On getting up this morning the lump on my foot has disappeared, however I have some redness stretching from about 1cm below my big toe to just above my ankle. It is tender to touch however not painful to walk on. I have only slight tenderness in my lower leg now. Please could you advise what this could be and if I need to see anyone.

With further pain rule out any local injury or any problem at the ankle and get yourself examined by an orthopedician. There would be some amount of pain after 10 kms of running and I would suggest you to go progressively and do not exert yourself. Take rest for couple of days, take intermittent NSAIDs, apply ice packs and continue. Take care!

I thought it was machinery under the floor until I realized it was only in one foot. There is no pain or other symptom that I can relate to it. I am a white male, just turned 60. I was raised in New England and have been doing development work in SE Asia for the past 3 decades. I am overwieght at 220 lbs and 6 ft in height, but have lost 20 lbs over the last few months on a low carb diet with lots of fresh salads. I haven't had any significant health issues for quite a while.

Hi...I have had foot pain for yrs...and was even operated on for tarsal tunnel, which I found later I did not have...it was the chiari... I had more of an electric shock feeling...static electricity....and the balls of my feet just hurt...and a lot of cramping in the arches of my feet as well...and I was always carrying extra shoes around thinking it was my shoes...I bought cheap ones, expensive ones, inserts...u name it I tried it... Not sure if this helps as all......

Yes, I have a lot of foot pain on the bottoms of my feet too. It is worse when I get up from sitting or lying down. Then other times my feet get stiff and numb, but my right is always worse than the left. Also I have a lot of toe numbness and shocking pain in my toes; Shocking pain in my right heel too. My dx. is Fibromyalgia - but I really think there's something else going on. I'm looking forward to my one month check-up with my primary on Wed.

My doctor told me he is ordering me a foot brass for when i sleep so it keeps my foot straight. so when i get up my foot won't hurt so much. at night ur foot bends i guess so when u get up putting it straight is what is making it hurt.

I have actually returned to marathon running! It is my goal to tell as many people about ToeOFF as possible. While we know that foot drop will never go away (at least not for me), it has brought me some happiness in being able to return to pre-foot drop activities. Hope this helps.

was on lyrica for that but gained weight for that witch made more pain in foot.now use sybalta.helps some. always have pain in foot take vicoden but it only eases the pain. do you have any movement in your ankle? I have very little,walk with can when brace is on but use walker when don't. I'll tell you I'm fighting ovarion cancer and dealing with my stoma but what ***** the most is my feet. I'll be waiting to here from you. tell me about yourself. . take care.

I am glad you took the time to post but sorry to hear about your pain. Your pain does sound like pain that's associated with Shingles. A rash does not have to manifest in order for you to have Shingles and indeed the antiviral may have played a role in that. The pain from the virus can take many months to dissipate. It's not uncommon that once your pain has disappeared it can return again with no rash at all. As you know this is an inflammation that follows along the path of your nerves.

I was unable to move my toes and walk for a week because any pressure was excruciating, but i am now able to walk on just a flat foot. I can put pressure on it now, but can't bend my foot. There are sharp pains if i bend even a little. The sharp pains are different than the immense pressure feeling. After walking a bit today it feels creepily numb and tingly and the pressure is getting more immense. I am worried about the numb feeling. It doesn't look swollen.

I was stopped in traffic in 2009 and rear ended, two days later a sharp pain shot down my leg and 2 days after that I had complete foot drop. I like to call my gait, like a gazelle, it is not nearly that pretty, but it helps to cope. I had surgery in January 2010 to help the nerve decompress, and had therapy until December of 2010. I no longer have complete drop and am able to walk in shoes with a slight heel, this encourages the heel of your foot to come down before your toes.

DESPERATE TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG! I have severe swelling in my left foot and ankle area and it sometimes goes up my left leg. Everytime I go to the hospital or ER they hook me up to IV's, run an EKG and than do blood work. They tell me I test positive for blood clots (I am not on supplements) and then they do ultrasound tests as well as dye tests and can come up with nothing. Current lab work shows high potassium and sodium.

This is misleading, the cause of pain is also soft tissue inflammation stimulating nerves, causing the pain signal.so after opertaion,herniated disc gone,but perhaps you still suffer from soft tissue inflammation in lower back which can lead to same pain as you said.So more surgeries might not help,I guess. Deep and intensive acupuncture work for FBSS.if possible,you can try it. Good luck!

Recently i started running around our neighborhood, this is my first time running outdoors. I noticed that after a few days i started getting this sharp pain in front of my lower leg and my calf. It would happen to 1 or both legs at same time. when i stop running i would have to continue to walk to ease the pain. I never experience anything like this when i used to run in the treadmill.

I was 29 years old. On april I ran my first marathon. After the marathon I gave me a break for rest and travel and stopped the exercises. One month later I felt muscle twitches in my rigth knee. I was scared and went to a doctor specialized in neuromuscular diseases. He did a neuro clinical exams and the results were all normal. After a few days I had widespread fasciculations (legs, shoulders, forarms, abdomen, back,...), not constants (just rapid fires) and not everyday.

I think i have a stress fracture on my left foot kind of under the big toe (ball of the foot) that hasn't gone away since last November. Not only that, but on the top of my left foot when i flex it hurts and it might be another stress fracture so i'm told, and a left leg pain-i don't know if it's a shin splint because it's higher up, but it hurts when i run on it.

To note, I'm in the Army, so you would guess I do A LOT of running on all types of terrain and in all types of foot wear. The other day, I had to run about 15 miles, 99% of the run was on cement. Did a lot of up and down stairs and had to carry another person on my back for several miles. I was in running shoes (Nike Shocks). When I walk fast i get a very bad pain in both my shins, it feels like the bone.

A few months ago I started running again after taking a year off. I used to run a lot and in fact completed a marathon. I have gained quite a bit of weight since but jumped back in a little too rigorously. After one of my longer runs I noticed my feet felt like they were on fire - I'd never experienced that before. I eased off on my running but it kept coming back getting a little better if I stopped and then coming back when I started again.

I was training for the Portland Marathon, and my heel pain got so bad I would cry when my foot hit the ground in the morning. I went through the usual round of physical therapy (ultrasound, rest, ice, massage) but what HELPED was something called ASTYM. You have to go to a professional physical therapist who is trained in the ASTYM system. Basically the PT will use a tool to disrupt the old injury (they rub it on your foot and leg) and they give you a stretching and strengthening program.

after 2 weeks of medication, i started experiencing joint pains and mainly foot pains. we found that vitamin D is low(8), which started from past 2 weeks with D2 50000 UI. so far I dont feel improvement in foot pains. and my liver values AST and ALT became higher. I dont know any of you guys have faced it.

I was unable to speak and could not move my left arm or leg. This went on for about an hour and 15 mins. After a night in the hospital, and an Mri and other scans. I was released. I was told I should have no side effects. But now I have bad head aches on my left temple and I get a stabbing pain on my temple and neck, that last that last just several seconds. Also my speach has been effected slightly.

I also have pain in my hip, lower back, lateral leg, foot and groin. This pain is all related to my diagnosis. Can you generally point to the exact location (one spot) of pain in your buttocks? The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is located in your buttocks or gluteal region. The sacroiliac joint lies next to the spine and connects the sacrum (the triangular bone at the bottom of the spine) with the pelvis (iliac crest). I have SIJ Dysfunction.

nothing but a virus detected...stomach they said...The back pain radiated from her stomach. So after that I ignored her saying that and dismissed it as gas. Well I mentioned it at her 2 yr old checkup and her doctor did not like that one bit! She is ordering complete blood work, xray and MRI. I am also going to request another urinalysis. She told me it hurts 2x today and 4x 3 days ago. The pain is real.

I have found that if I stretch my torso by leaning back my abdomen muscles are pulled and it is painful, but after a few stretches much less overall pain for the rest of the day. I am trying now to research the reason for this. It’s as if compressing my muscles for too long a period is perhaps building up something in the muscle to cause pain? A chemical imbalance of some sort?

I was told I had shingles and after a week I was discharged. The day after I had an awful pain in my left foot, and since then it has been swollen and very puffy. The pain has come back to day in my chest, and I thought it could be a heart attack?. I have numbness to my left arm excruciating pain in my chest and pain in my shoulder blades!! The thing is I have had the pain for hours, I have been sick and I feel so tired and dizzy.

I am 31 and have had 3 years of moderate/severe back pain starting ~6 hours after falling asleep each night. By the time I get out of the shower in the morning it is gone, but I haven't gotten a good night's rest in a long time. I stretch, take vitamins, eat healthy, exercise regularly, etc. None of this seems to change the pain. Although this may not be any consolation to anyone, I am a doctor myself (a pediatrician, not an orthopedist) and can find no definitive cause for the pain.

Upper legs (perhaps hips?) extremely sore and almost go out from under me when I try to stand up and walk after sitting in a chair/sofa/bed etc. Seems to be getting worse. Not tied to injury that I can think of or exercise although I've tried to increase walking to see if it improves the condition. It hasn't. Pain still hurts when walking but not as severe as when I first get up. What is this? Used to run marathons, ski, cycle - its been a life changing problem and I'd like to find a cure.

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