wussy foot

The pain in my left foot is not going away like I thought it would. It's pretty much all the time now, not just when I'm working out. There's no more tendon or arch pain, but the pain at the place where the heel meets the arch is there every time I put weight on it. Walking, running, climbing stairs...doesn't matter. It seems to be worse in the morning, and when I wear heels or other such "girl shoes" without much in the way of cushioning or support. It's persisted long enough that I'm considering--gasp!--seeing a doctor over it.

Before I take that much-hated-and-feared step, though, I'm going to take a break from running (even intervals) for a while and see if that helps at all. I can do intervals on the elliptical for a couple months, maybe throw in some swimming or cycling if when that gets stale.

If the pain doesn't either go away completely or subside enough for me to quit worrying about it, I'll see a doctor at the end of August.

Sigh. I know I need to do this, but it still pisses me off. It's always something, you know? I was so close to being able to run 30 minutes straight, thought I had all my injuries (knees--fixed!, shin splints--fixed!, arch pain--fixed!) out of the way, but I can't seem to shake this one. And now that it's progressed to pretty much whenever I move, I can't really truly rest it anymore either. It's not like I can quit walking altogether. Stupid foot.

do you think you might have plantar fasciitis? it sounds awfully suspicious (particularly that bit about being worse in the morning). http://heelspurs.com/index.html has some information on it. this is probably old news to you, but i thought i'd mention it, since i've been so bloody crippled by the condition in the past and didn't know what the heck was going on.

*nod* I'm pretty sure that's what it is--thanks for mentioning it. It's funny that you mention heelspurs.com, because I had a link to that site in this post originally, but that paragraph didn't make the final cut. :)

It feels a lot like what I've read about heel spurs, which is either a side effect or a cause (depending on which source I'm reading) of plantar fasciitis. I've been considering taping lately, and maybe heel pads. I'm still not going to run for a while, but I think those things might help me recover faster.

Sux that it's always something and usually the things you never plan for. Hope your foot heals soon.