Foot pain--is it worth seeing a doctor for?

[Jade Margery]

Okay, so I have a pretty sedentary lifestyle but I want to change that, so I've started exercising and trying to eat better and I started doing karate. I am really enjoying the karate, even though it is kicking my butt, but after running around barefoot on a hardwood floor for two hours one of my feet hurts so badly that I have to limp out of the dojo. It is only my right foot, not my left. The pain is aggravated by repetitive running or jumping impacts, such as during jogging warm ups and jumping jacks. It feels a bit like a bone pain, not a muscle pain, and it's located in my third and fourth toe (the little piggies that ate roast beef and had none) and right behind them in the ball of my foot.

I thought at first it was just general wussiness, but as my body gets used to the other exercises this pain isn't going away. It subsides by morning and I don't have it at all during a regular day. I don't want to stop doing karate, but I don't want to risk permanent foot damage either, and I haven't got the money or the insurance to go see a doctor if it's not important.

Has anyone else experienced something like this? Is it worth an expensive trip to a professional?

 

[Verticordious]

I'm a weightlifter, so I've only had shoulder injuries, no lower body injuries, but generally speaking sudden and sharp pains usually indicate some kind of injury, while dull aches or soreness usually indicate that your body just needs a few days to recover. Since you're still able to stand on your leg, and even run and jump, it is unlikely you need to see a doctor. Just rest and ice it several times a day to help with any inflammation that may be present. If after a week or so of rest it still has not gotten any better you should stop icing and start applying heat to the area a couple times a day along with a moderate level of activity. Unless there is some type of acute injury, such as a sprain, broken bone, or muscle tear, then long periods of inactivity do more harm than good and you want to make sure you resume at least a moderate level of activity after any inflammation has subsided even if you still have pain.

 

[ManofGod4]

Jade hello realize you wrote this sometime back. Seeing the Dr would be benifical to you it could be several things its worth checking out. I have footpain and take naproxin for it . This was a inflamed ligamint in my foot. My wife pulled a muscle in her foot and had to take medicine for it and has to be cautious when doing certain exercises. So to answer your question if you have not been sceen by a Dr I would go to one.

 

[united4Peace]

As a nursing student I have to agree with the above poster...
I would see a doctor if it were me...some people do need to see a foot specialist (sport injurty specialist)...its always worth getting checked out.
However this is only my opinion...not medical advice