Riding the bench, not my running shoes

08/27/2008

Riding the bench, not my running shoes

[Boring sports medicine entry]

I'm a good 25 miles behind schedule with my marathon training, because I have (dramatic music) Morton's Neuroma. My last run was 8 miles last Wednesday, and my foot hurt like never before when I was done. It's been hurting for about the last four weeks.

Basically, Morton's Neuroma is a pinched nerve between two toes, and as you might guess, it hurts like a mofo. I started wearing a pad on my bunion on the same foot, and that led to the rest of the joints in the foot getting crowded, thus the pinched nerve between my 2nd and 3rd toe.

I'm encouraged by my podiatrist's assessment that I'll be running again by the weekend, but I won't run the full 12 miles I'm scheduled for on Saturday until I know how a few miles feel.

He says I also should get my bunion corrected, and my first metatarsal is a little short, so he'd want to see that get lengthened. All innuendo aside, "bone lengthening" is a phrase that fills me with dread.

Aug 27, 2008 4:40:40 AM

2 Comments

[this is good]

I have been plagued with MR for the last 3 yrs.

Posted by: Eileen | 12/06/2008 at 02:55 PM

Eileen, I just attended an introduction to Chi Running, and one thing I picked up from it is that our footstrike leads us to choose the shoes we do. If you're a runner (and I assume you are), and you have a hard heel strike, you're going to tend to choose a running shoe with a lot of heel padding, and heel elevation. This is only going to aggravate a tendency for Morton's Neuroma, because it makes to foot angle forward. Over time, the coach advised, we should work on reducing our heel strike in running and move towards a midfoot landing, and consequently move towards flatter shoes.

I have a hard heel strike, so I know I have my work ahead.

Posted by: Andy | 12/07/2008 at 05:33 AM

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