What would cause my foot to be in intense pain each time I run?

I had this problem, but I fixed it, I stopped running, feet feel a lot better now. Why don’t you try swimming, elliptical, rowing, or something that just does not have the impact on your feet.

I would try other exercises like you mentioned but it is extremely difficult when the only place to swim, or exercise in general in my town is an expensive gym.

It must be, like you said, because you run on your toes and that is too much pressure just for that part of your foot. Meaby your foot is traying to get used to the whole exersize thing, or meaby you pulled something or bruised a bone or something. Try running on your whole foot now, and make sure you use contorble shoes that help your feel relax while you run.

You should not put rocks in your shoe before a run, this may cause pain. lol

lol what i meant was maybe a small rock fell into her shoe or something

Well after my time in the Army, I gave up running, it is just to hard on your feet, knees, and hips.

Ok, cause I know when I usta run, I would find be rock to put in my shoes, and it always caused me pain.

Sometime acute foot pain is caused by uneven development of the muscles in your feet. A couple of months ago the same thing happened to me, so I went to a foot doctor and he told me that because some of the muscles in my feet were more developed than others, the bones in my feet were actually grinding together. He suggested that I take a break from running until the pain stopped. I stopped running for about 2 weeks and my feet have been fine ever since. Oh, and running on your toes probably has nothing to do with it: I run barefoot and I’ve never had any problems related to toe running, but just make sure that you dont heel strike if you do decide to change your running form. Hope that helped, sorry it’s so long =]

It sounds like the arches in your foot have got too used to being in one position and you need to start stretching them to make the muslce in that area more flexible. First of all, invest in a good quality pair of trainers that are specifically designed for running. Then stretch your feet by rotating your ankle joint several times a day. Always do this before running to get them stretched and then again afterwards. Try and correct your way of running too, or you could make it worse.

If it continues to happen go to the doctor. I had similar, but on the upper part of my foot. It was swelling in the tendons, cause by shoes rubbing and causing too much friction. The new trainers should help if the same problem is causing this in you. If that does not help then you may need some anti-inflammatories or an examination by the doctor, as it could be something different and have a different way to treat it.

Stop running for a while. It sounds like an injury that isn’t getting proper time to heal. 2-6 weeks of rest from running. Also it sounds a bit like an archilles tendon injury. I had that, it feels like a sharp shooting pain in your foot? Then it could be and it needs rest. Also running on your toes is actually the more correct way of running. Our ancestors did not run heel first, it’s only with the start of running shoes that we learned the incorrect way.

You could also do this. If the pain turns on again keep running until the pain goes away. The next day it will turn on, but with less pain and shorter duration. Keep doing this everyday and it will soon not be there again. The theory is this. What turns it on also turns it off. Running turned on the pain and like wise the running can turn it off.

This happened to me. A pain turned on in my right knee. Knowing this little knowledge I just kept running, it soon turned off. The next day the pain turned on again, but with less pain. I kept running until it turned off. As I ran every day it eventually stopped and no longer had it. Like magic I had it no more.

I would be careful with this, it can work and does for certain muslce injuries, but if she hurt some sort of tendon she could actually rip something. Better to let it rest first….