Sudden pain in foot.

piL

So, about two hours ago, I get up to go upstairs and take a nap when suddenly I realize that my foot hurts a lot. I cannot stand on it, and it is minorly swolen near the painful area. The center of the painful area is near the tarsometatarsel joint, around metatarsels three and four. It is painful to stand; pressure on the left side of the ball of the foot hurts near the top center. Pressure along the forward outside causes the greatest pain in the center of the aforementioned area. Pressure on the heel itself produces no pain, although when I step on the foot, it hurts, even if I try to put all the weight on the heel; however, it hurts much much less if I do.

I've put Aspercreme on it and have taken Aleve. I've also been keeping it raised. The swelling is rather minor, so I don't think ice will help too much, and anyway it doesn't really hurt that much when just keeping it around; just stepping on it.

The onset of pain was wierd, because it didn't come immediately during pretty much any activity (standing from sitting in a chair?). Earlier in the day, during a Muay Thai class, I did land a kick on the foot, causing a brief weak pain that went away fairly quickly. This is many hours and probably around a mile and a half of walking later with no other ill effects.

Just sort of curious what could be going on down there that wouldn't have hurt immediately. I have a dance tonight that I guess I can't really participate in, and am wondering whether I should do yoga tonight or not; I could probably skip poses on the foot, but if there's a lot I'll basically just be sitting around.

Robman

If you're concerned about a medical issue, you should really talk to a doctor. None of us will know the relevant case history or have access to diagnostic imaging and other tests.

RocketSauce

piL wrote: »

The onset of pain was wierd, because it didn't come immediately during pretty much any activity (standing from sitting in a chair?).

Earlier in the day, during a Muay Thai class, I did land a kick on the foot, causing a brief weak pain that went away fairly quickly.

This is many hours and probably around a mile and a half of walking later with no other ill effects.

So, you do a lot of strenuous activity on your foot, and are wondering why it hurts?

bowen

Chances are your adrenaline helped mask the pain immediately after you hurt it.

As with any muscle/ligament/joint pain, ice/heat and stay off it. Make a doctors appointment. It's a pretty typical "physical activity" injury. But it could be anything from "stay off it" to "cut it open and fix something."

Chances are, because you weren't in immediate debilitating pain (from a dislodge or broken/fractured bone) it's probably a sprain or bruise.

Metalbourne

I'm going to need you to upload some Xrays and a blood test.

piL

RocketSauce wrote: »

piL wrote: »

The onset of pain was wierd, because it didn't come immediately during pretty much any activity (standing from sitting in a chair?).

Earlier in the day, during a Muay Thai class, I did land a kick on the foot, causing a brief weak pain that went away fairly quickly.

This is many hours and probably around a mile and a half of walking later with no other ill effects.

So, you do a lot of strenuous activity on your foot, and are wondering why it hurts?

I'm wondering whether it sounds like a tendon issue, a muscle spasm, or a sprain. It seems unlikely to be a sprain, since that is generally accompanied with the immediate activity. I'm not certain standing from sitting in a chair or walking a mile and a half count as strenuous activity, so the only really strenuous instance is the impact mentioned.

Robman wrote: »

If you're concerned about a medical issue, you should really talk to a doctor. None of us will know the relevant case history or have access to diagnostic imaging and other tests.

Thanks. I don't feel it's serious enough to warrant a doctor's visit yet, and in fact the pain is disipating fairly rapidly, although that's probably because of the NSAID. Mostly curiosity at this point, and I'll be skipping the activity.

Kakodaimonos

Where, specifically is the pain? Is it more in the joint of the big toe?

piL

Kakodaimonos wrote: »

Where, specifically is the pain? Is it more in the joint of the big toe?

The center of the painful area is near the tarsometatarsel joint, around metatarsels three and four

Or roughly forward of the ankle.

Sentry

The degree of pain and the suddenness of which it came out says gout to me. It might be an injury... but I spent like, five years suffering from off and on severe foot pain thinking it was a random stress injury or sprain. You should have a doctor check it out. Gout is basically severe pain that can occur in any joint in your foot, knee, elbow, wrist, etc... it happens suddenly and hurts like hell, but also in varying degrees.

For your sake I do hope it is just an injury... because gout absolutely sucks.

Sharp10r

Is this where it hurts? I had a similar experience, picked up a foot device and it's better now.