General Fitness & Nutrition: pain on upper outside side of foot

Hi

I'm a beginner runner and I've been running for about 3 months and I have gone through my fair share of aches and pains, intitally, it turned out I was wearing the wrong shoes for my feet which fixed a lot of the knee and hip problems I was expereincing. Appparently I have really high arches and didn't know.

Last week I went for a mid length run (about 3 1/2 miles) and the next day I had a lot of pain in the upper part of my foot along the non arch side. Not directly below my ankle but more far forward.

The pain has continued and got a little better but when I ran again yesterday it was really sore.

I've been trying to research this online but can't find anything that describes it correctly. There is no swelling or redness, just pain especially when I point my toes or walk downstairs.

The closest decriptions I can find are for bone spurs, stress fractures, or peroneal tendonitis but they don't match.

Just wondered if anyone here had any insight? I'm going to try and get an appointment with the Drs since it's been painful for a week or so.

Thanks in advance!

Finally! Someone else who appears to be suffering the same thing as me. You've described it really well, I would only add that it sometimes is a burning sensation, too. But I also get the "joint out of whack" feeling. Like it needs to pop. 

I, too, have spent countless hours going through online sites, trying to find something, but nother ever quite matches.

Some of the stuff I've found, though, suggests that running barefoot can strengthen the foot and help reduce pains like this.

I went to a podiatrist, but he only spent about 30 seconds looking at it, decided I had a "ganglion" on my foot, tried to drain it, realized it wasn't a ganglion, but just my regular foot, and then prescribed $500 orthotics to fix things.

Don't know that I'm going to trust that diagnosis just yet.

Let me know what your doctor says. I'm debating an x-ray, too.

I too have just reached this new pain problem.  Like everyone above, I also tries self-diagnosis...apparently I just need to cut off the foot.  I hit 500 miles on my shoes after a 20 mile run Sunday and when I got up Monday the pain was present.  I bought new shoes and tried to run 10 miles yesterday, bad idea!  Tonight I used a frozen water bottle under the foot and rolled it back & forth for 10 minute stretches, seemed to take the pain away.  Also, I iced the area all around the ankle, heel & outside arch.  Hopefully tomorrow it will feel better, as the next marathon is in 6 weeks!!!!!

I experienced something similar.  I went to a podiatrist (who is a marathoner and triathlete) who told my I had a cuboid bone irratiation.  The pain was on the upper outside portion of my rigth foot and at times, caused pain into the lower ankle.  It felt like the ankle or foot needed to be adjusted or "popped" into the right place.

The Podiatrist taped my foot to sort of "hold in" the cuboid that had gotten a little out of alignment, and I kept the tape on for about 1 week.  After that, I taped when I ran over the next 4 weeks.  It is now feeling fine.

When looking for a good podiatrist, look to orthopedic practices or try to find one that is a runner.  That is a big bonus.  Contact your local shoe stores that specialize in runners and ask them for podiatrist recommendations. 

Good luck to you!

hello,

i have the same issue. what advise di you have to take care of your shins? i've had this for about a week and has not gone away. I ran 3 miles yestersay thinking it would go away but only got worse. any suggestions?