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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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