Foot update: NO BICYCLES

[cjsmith]

I'm back on painkillers anti-inflams, after spending yesterday evening curled up in a ball of abdominal pain. I forgot that would jump out and attack me if I took away the NSAIDs. Oops.

I haven't had many. Definitely limping strongly this morning. Well, that tells me one thing: most of the "progress" I thought I had seen was not permanent. Most of the improvement went away as soon as the meds did.

Went to the local bike shop on a fact-finding mission. I asked about mounting a toe clip to my heel, and they said NONONONO you don't want your knee to come too far over your toe (or something like that). They pointed me at a pedorthist down at the end of the strip mall. He basically said stay off bicycles. I can walk, swim, run in water, or try out different kinds of cushions and what-not when attempting to run, but STAY THE @#$! OFF BICYCLES.

Okay then. I think I'll stay off bicycles. That's easy, frankly; I don't like biking. Somewhere in the world there must be one last bicyclist who hasn't yet told me to switch over, and now I have an excuse to use when that person finally breaks down and suggests it.

The pedorthist also suggested some other stuff, like correct placement of a metatarsal pad, why I should tie my shoes more tightly, and the usefulness of a firmer sole. Cool. Bit by bit I'm getting more educated about the biomechanics of this problem.

Comments

[wcg.livejournal.com]

That's clear enough about the bicycles. I'll see if I can think up something else. Sorry also about the abdominal pain. I know that's pretty bad.

One of these days when I'm Emperor of the Universe, I'm going to give you freedom from pain. If I figure out a way to do it before then, I won't wait.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I too thought bicycles might work (even though I'm not particularly fond of bicycling). I was kind of surprised when this guy basically told me to forget it.

Bill for Emperor! Bill for Emperor! :-)

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Well, here's one bicyclist that won't suggest switching, then. It makes sense, given the issues with your feet - it's not just a no-impact thing.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, isn't that odd? I figured impact would be worse than just pressure. But I just recently read a new thing... uh, this got long, I made it a post. :) I keep on learning! There's hope!

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Poor feet. :(

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, grumpy feet! Bleah! But I learned something recently -- shape of my foot is unusual, prone to certain things remarkably like what I've got -- and I have some new suggestions. As long as I keep on learning, there's hope!