Foot injury?

[Helenmichellej]

My right foot hurts in the soul and on the right near my ankle! I can walk but should I run?

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

I’m gonna say no. If you have injured something then running on it is almost certain to make it worse... and that means longer not running.

I’m assuming it’s a new pain... RICE and see how it goes, if it persists then get a medical opinion, preferably from a physio who will then give you exercises to strengthen and also to aid recovery.

Here’s hoping it’s something and nothing, but I’d be erring on the side of caution.

[Liam1236]

I've had this, I cant remember what it's called but sounds like an inflamed tendon, mine went very red the next day, but 3 or 4 days rest and you'll be good as new hopefully

[Tap_per]

I had something similar with pain in the outer arch and up into my ankle. I struggled to even walk and ended up taking 10 days off between weeks 3 and 4. Frustrating but 100% the right decision as I'm now in week 6 with no pain. I'm not a doctor but the main things I did were icing, massaging and stretching. I also replaced the insole in my trainer which had high inner arch support to a standard sport insole as that high inner support was pushing pressure onto the outside of my foot/ankle. Again just things that I tried which worked for me.

[Helenmichellej in reply to Tap_per]

That’s good. I think once the running shop is open I’ll go with my shoes and see what they say about soles etc. Ran this morning and now have a painful knee and ankle!

[Orca27]

I've had a similar issue - started with pain in my arches from the first run and by the time I got to week 4 run 3 I developed a new pain in my ankles. I thought it's strange as it didn't hurt during the run but afterwards, so I decided to take a few days rest. I would like to think it's because I haven't been exercising that much during lockdown and after sitting at my desk all day perhaps I was being a bit overzealous about running. Hopefully I'll be good to go again next week.