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What do you think I should do?

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whitefishbay
whitefishbay

To make a long story short I went away for the weekend and walked 22,000-26,000 steps per day.  I returned and the next morning when I woke up it was very painful to walk. I have extensor tendonitis in both feet anyway but this was different and in a different area.  One of you lovely experts suggested I had a spontaneous metatarsal fracture. I waited a week and then went to A&E.  The doctor told me to get an xray which I did.  The x ray did not show a break but she said sometimes they don't show up for 3 weeks.  Well it has been over 4 weeks and the foot is still painful (esp coming down steps).  I guess it will be painful for while and even if it was broken what would they do for me?  Of course I do not want foot problems for the rest of my life (I need my feet) but what should I do.  I do wiggle them around and wear good trainers.  I am wondering as I am back to work on Monday (after summer off - I work in 2 schools) and my new office is up six flights of stairs (and I go up and down a lot in the day).  I love getting my steps in but I do not want to make a problem worse.  

Do I just ice it and rest my foot at the end of the day and do some wiggling exercises or do I go back to A&E to have them re x ray the foot?  (or am I being a pain in the ...). 

Thanks for all the great responses I know I will get.

Happy weekend.

Whitefish

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  • amkoffee
    amkoffee whitefishbay

    Posted

    There's something else I forgot to mention in my earlier post. I found that the inserts that the doctor gave me caused my foot to not fit in my shoe very well and so the top of my shoe pushed on the top of my foot so much that I was in agony. I also knew that I needed new shoes so I went to a store called New Balance which also makes shoes. She fitted me for a shoe and an insert and as long as I don't go barefoot a lot my pain is gone.

  • kathy67492
    kathy67492 whitefishbay

    Posted

    I swear by KT tape...you can Google how to apply it. I have suffered from Navicular syndrome since I first got PMR and could barely put my left foot down. I also wear "Superfeet" inserts in all of my athletic shoes...and I try to only wear athletic shoes when possible. Hope you find some relief....

    • whitefishbay
      whitefishbay kathy67492

      Posted

      I will look up KT tape and superfeet.  Thanks for the suggestions.  
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