sesamoiditis??

jilld76

Anyone have this?

I started running in February and after a month or so started to get this mild pain slightly below my big toe.

From the research I did, this seems like the most likely diagnosis. It's gotten progressively worse over the last few months, in fact today when I put my gym sneakers on, I wanted to cry because it hurt so much.

I keep hoping it will go away, but it's not and I know I'm going to have to go to the doctors.

Anyone have any experience with this? What did you have to do to fix it?

I'm really bummed out about the possibility of not being able to workout

AZKristi

This year I unfortunately began experiencing symptoms (pain) of a chronic disorder that I've had for a long time (TMJ). This isn't the same as what you are experiencing, obviously, but after several doctor's visits, costly MRIs with the added bonus of unnecessary radiation exposure, a specialist informed me that the OTC dosages of Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs like Aleve, Tylenol, etc) are insufficient to overcome chronic inflammation and that prescription dosages of these same drugs are what it takes to reduce my inflammation (which in turn relieved my pain).

In my case, when the inflammation acts up I take 3 OTC aleve, 3 times per day. This is way higher than the package dosing, so I do not recommend doing this without consulting a professional. With all that in mind, I highly recommend seeing a physician if OTC meds, rest and ice don't help within a week or two. People wouldn't spend 10 years and $500,000 becoming physicians if diagnosis and treatment was as easy as reading WebMD.

jilld76

This year I unfortunately began experiencing symptoms (pain) of a chronic disorder that I've had for a long time (TMJ). This isn't the same as what you are experiencing, obviously, but after several doctor's visits, costly MRIs with the added bonus of unnecessary radiation exposure, a specialist informed me that the OTC dosages of Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs like Aleve, Tylenol, etc) are insufficient to overcome chronic inflammation and that prescription dosages of these same drugs are what it takes to reduce my inflammation (which in turn relieved my pain).

In my case, when the inflammation acts up I take 3 OTC aleve, 3 times per day. This is way higher than the package dosing, so I do not recommend doing this without consulting a professional. With all that in mind, I highly recommend seeing a physician if OTC meds, rest and ice don't help within a week or two. People wouldn't spend 10 years and $500,000 becoming physicians if diagnosis and treatment was as easy as reading WebMD.

Thanks for the advice! I'm giving it a little rest right now, but if it's not getting better in the next week or two, I'm going to go to the doctors.