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Why your feet hurt when you run
Q: Help, My Feet Hurt When I Run
Q: My feet get very sore when run. I do have trainers that are not worn out. My feet also feels like they burn.
A: There are a couple of reasons this could be happening and I would need to have some more information about where the pain is, when you feel the “burn” most and so on. The burning sensation you are feeling can be due to friction caused by your shoes. If your shoes are too loose or too big there can be friction caused while running.
If your shoes are too tight, there might be a lack of blood supply to the foot, or a slight impingement of a nerve causing the burning sensation. There is a quick solution for this – firstly, loosen or tighten your shoes accordingly. Secondly, you can buy “runner’s socks” which have two layers. This helps prevent friction between your shoe and your foot.
It could also be something slightly more pathological, like neural problems such as Morton’s Neuroma where fibrous tissue forms around the nerve tissue causing pain, numbness and burning sensations. Running mechanics can cause this to become inflamed and symptoms will intensify.
Therefore, if loosening or tightening your shoes and relieving the friction from running does not help with this burning sensation I suggest you see a physiotherapist to help you in this regard.
Last updated: Wed, 2010-03-17 11:24
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Every time I run or walk very fast a throbbing pain occurs about 5-10 cm above my ankle which causes the muscles to knot together in a ball.
What can I do about this? Is it a problem I should address?
I don't get the same symptoms, but I get a pain at the bottom on of foot and it stays there for about a week. On the right foot, the pain is at the bottom right side of my foot. It feels like the muscles there ache. And this ache will be there for about a week after running. What can I do to "fix" this?
I get pain on the inside of my heels going up towards the ankle!!
hahaha, that is me on the picture! thank goodness i am more fitter today!
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To the people that are asking about the pain in the feet and ankle it could be caused by having a poor support in your shoe. I know I used to wear shoes with bad arche support a lot you develop something called planterfacitus. It goes away buy wearing good shoes and taking it easy. To the woman who is insulting this question you have no idea what it is like to try to work out when your feet are burning and going numb, it's not just from like wearing heels all day or just working out in general and it's really hard to work out through the pain.
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