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Lake Orion,MI,

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Dec 28, 2011

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35:52 Beach to Beacon 10k (2015)

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2:46:54 Philadelphia Marathon (2015)

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I live in Michigan with my wife, Megan, and our boys, Charlie and Sawyer. I started running in September 2010.

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Miles:	This week:	32.70	Month:	57.70	Year:	1986.65
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Tue, Feb 05, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.50

9th street out and back - 6.5 miles, averaged 8:15

Have what I think is a stone bruise on the bottom of my left foot. Thought for a moment it was Morton's neuroma and dismissed it, but now that I read the symptoms again it may be that. The other day I did have a pebble in my shoe, but I can't remember which foot. No discomfort running or walking down stairs. Two years ago I had to hug the handrail to get down the steps.

Newton Trainer 4 Miles: 6.50

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From SlowJoe on Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 15:52:54 from 155.219.241.10

Where is it located? Is it by chance near the base of a toe? If you can poke at the pain near the base of a toe, it might be metatarsalgia. I've dealt with that before and might have a fairly quick fix...

From Jason D on Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 15:59:11 from 24.1.80.94

Base of the toe, center, balls of the foot. This has a bruised feeling. Morton's, when bad, is a sharp pain, like drilling teeth without novocaine. I really don't have any constant discomfort, I just don't want to be out for 8 weeks like I was with Morton's. If you have a preemptive fix, I'll take it.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 16:42:35 from 69.131.141.92

with metatarsalgia the pain is more limited to the base of the toe, i think. but if you google it and it's a match, what I do is create a bigger toe arch to take the pressure off the base of that toe, by putting corn cushions or moleskin about a half inch behind the base of the toe - basically on the ball of your foot. Not just while running, but at home, school, etc. It usually goes away in 3-4 days and you can run through it fine. don't know if we're talking about the same thing, but that is my fix...

From Jason D on Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 16:54:13 from 24.1.80.94

Thanks for your help. I recall the podiatrist recommending pretty much the same thing for my neuroma. I looked an Morton's and metatarsalgia are pretty similar. This is definitely closer to the base of the toe. My neuroma was a good bit below the ball area.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 17:00:11 from 69.131.141.92

ok, yeah it's definitely a bruised feeling here too (when it's around). hopefully it is equally low-threat for you.

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