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BigWallchris
Trad climber
Boulder
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 3, 2012 - 05:48pm PT
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At least that's what I am calling it. I am pretty sure it's from climbing with maybe ski boots contributing to the problem.
It's a sharp pain and feels like a nerve is getting pinched. It's the big knuckle on the big toe. When i flex it or stand up on it there's pain. I might have a little bit of a bone spur there? Anyways, just wondering if anyone has ever had this and if anyone has ever had surgery on there toe?
The Podiatrist gave me like a year supply of Voltaren Gel. A anti-flammatory topical cream. Great, That's going to cure my problem. Eventually I am going to go see a M.D. that understands that i enjoy recreational activities and need a toe that doesn't hurt. And he shot me up with Cortizone. That helped for a week.
The cream is good for my elbow tendonities. So, that's cool.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Get some lidocaine patches and get checked for gout.
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BigWallchris
Trad climber
Boulder
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 3, 2012 - 06:09pm PT
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Jay Bro, I was on the "Illegal Pete's, Margarita" Diet for a few months not to long ago. For a while i really did think i had gout. One of my uncle's (A very successful construction contractor from Fairfax, Va.) Had serious gout in his 60's. He drank a minimum, 6 pack a night. No longer alive.
That other remark (From Fear) was just plain stupid. But i am thinking putting this problem off for the winter since ski boots are no prob.
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ec
climber
ca
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I get something similar in my right big toe from having walked too many miles in Guide Tennies (toe box shaped like climbing shoes). If I put traction on it, it goes away. Otherwise, the pain, like a pinched nerve, is harsh.
- ec
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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locker has another kind of "toe".
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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i got it. protruding knuckle at base of my big toe. not sure when i developed it.
don't think it was from climbing, maybe from stubbing my toe too many times. :)
i snowboard and use soft boots so i don't think that was the cause.
hurts when I wear my katanas for too long. but doesn't really impair my climbing since i don't climb hard, except in OW's and long slabs
been thinking of getting it looked at but don't want surgery.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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I don't but my camel does. :)
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Grampa
climber
from SoCal
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It could be a number of things. I suggest a new podiatrist.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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isn't it supposed to go
if you do, would you please return it
i'm feeling wobbly
but, I'm wondering what happens when you ice it down?
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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probably too late for this to really help- but massage your feet every morning and before you go climbing. Seriously.
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Michelle
Trad climber
the f*#king peninsula.
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google Morton's Neuroma. sounds like it. only a foot doc can tell you though.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Got the toe fungus under the big toenail. Was up chillin' on a ledge mid climb yesterday and a couple buddies pop up and take their shoes off too. Common thing it turns out.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Gout can be diagnosed with a simple blood test. If you're borderline, small changes in diet will prevent further trouble. If you ignore it and get a full blown case, the daily meds aren't all that pleasant.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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My climbing partner has Gout and so we call him El GoutToe.
He was complaining about his toe today. Big baby.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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I've had one of those on my right foot for forty years. It used to bother me a bit when I put a lot of weight on it, but I finally quit thinking about it and "manned up" . . . still there, but now it's the least of my problems!
;>)
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MisterE
Social climber
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Crimpergirl has had the surgery, and Justthemaid (my wife) has it bad. It's the bone spurs that hurt - I have the "Hammer-toe" on the right. That is the one on the first knuckle that just sticks out a lot, but doesn't necessarily cause any pain.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Does anyone have "Climber's TOE"
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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BWc, check this thread about Morton's Neuroma - hopefully you don't have it!
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=532230&tn=0&mr=0
Since reading the above I've been a bit paranoid about overly tight shoes. I was amazed that so many climbers have had foot problems and operations. I always thought tight shoes and the resulting pain went along w/climbing, but no more.
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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For the past 30 years the preferred sites for psychogenic symptoms were the shoulder and the back. In the last 5 years, feet have been coming into vogue and supporting foot specialists in droves.
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BigWallchris
Trad climber
Boulder
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 4, 2012 - 08:00am PT
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I don't think it is mortons neuroma. Just checked out a anatomy foot chart. And the pain is somewhere near the 1st Coneiform (a bone) Medial. It could be a ligament and not a nerve. There's 20 different muscles in the foot. Didn't know that. All these sports that cram you feet! Anyone know a good foot doctor?
Come to think about it; It's like mortons neuroma but not on the ball of my foot more on the side of the ball. (On top and kind of on the side).
Chris.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Biotch,
is she on the Access Fund?
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Yup. Bunions, bone spurs, hammer toes and tendon issues are really common problems with climbers, so there are a variety of possibilities. I've got bone spurs and they can feel like someone is driving an icepick into my big toe joints. It really messed me up for a period of time.
I didn't want surgery on my feet. My idiot podiatrist just wanted me to "just stop climbing", but I found that a looser fitting, stiffer shoe with a wider toe-box resolved a lot of the pain issues. I also learned some climbing techniques that get me off the big toe joint whenever possible.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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I do agree with the good doctor opinion.. but if you get a shitty Kaiser doc who tells you to "just stop climbing" tell them to f*#k off and get a second opinion.
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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I would think there would be a good sports podiatrist in Boulder.
there used to be a really good Kaiser podiatrist in the Bay Area. I was always surprised because my experiences with the regular Kaiser Dr. was less than stellar.
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Killer K
Boulder climber
Sacramento, CA
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Check out info on Bursitis. We have bursa (fluid filled sacs) inside some big joints in our body that allow for cusioning. When they get inflamed it puts pressure on the nerves that run through the joint. Sounds like what you got. I got it too. Good news is it goes away if you dont piss it off. For me running was the culprit on top of climbing 4 days a week.
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