Back in the day, the days of being an active teenager, I was on the track team. My events were: 100m, 200m, 100m hurdles, 4x100 relay, and 4x200 relay. Sometime between 8th grade and 9th grade track, I started having knee pain. An orthopedist told me that I should join the swim team to strengthen my knees before 10th grade track. I did, and loved swimming. It helped my knees too! And then, the foot pain started. Excruciating, sharp, debilitating pain. It felt like someone had taken a hammer to the tops of my feet. Off to the podiatrist I went. He diagnosed me with inflamed metatarsals. Hellooooooo custom orthotics! That was fun...NOT! The orthotics helped, and now I think it's time for a visit to a podiatrist again.
Today is Day Three, and my feet and hips hurt like I can't even tell you. Izzie, Mia, Zara and I went on our one-mile walk anyway, and other than the obvious pain, I'm feeling pretty darn good. I have plenty of energy, and not everything hurts...just the parts effected by walking and using the elliptical.
I have multiple types of athletic shoes, none of which seem to support the metatarsals properly, so my feet, again, feel like someone's taken a hammer to them. I wore my Oboz trail runners today for our walk, and while my feet didn't hurt too much during the walk, my toes went numb (no, the laces weren't pulled too tight). As soon as the shoes came off, the real pain started, and I can hardly stand now.
The first two days I wore my Asics Gel Treadmill's. I don't know if the Asics just don't have the front/ball of the foot support that my feet require or if just the action of walking is whats causing the issue. I think that I will try my Oboz again tomorrow and see how that goes. If things aren't any better, off to the doc I'll go. Ugh!
I have a pair of Nike Shox too, but they're a little too narrow in the front, so I tend to not wear them. I love them because they look great, but they don't have the support that I need. Oh well.
Did I mention that I'm an over-pronator, and that I had arthroscopic surgery on my left knee in 2004? I know that my Oboz keep my feet pretty straight when I'm walking, so that helps with the pronation. I've put extra arch supports in my Oboz too, so my knees don't bother me when I wear them. Now if I can just get the metatarsals figured out!
So, no, none of this has anything to do with FMS and the pain associated with it. However, once I can correct the correctable issues, I will be able to better address my FMS pain and determine the effects of my daily diet and exercise changes.
DAY THREE
- 0700 - one mile walk
- 0800 - feed the dogs
- 0830 - feed self (3/4c Special K Red Berries w/1 half cup soy milk, 8 oz. Goji Raspberry V8 Fusion, 16 oz. black coffee)
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