Foot pain on elliptical

jeannettemancini
jeannettemancini Posts: 58 Member
edited November 13 in Fitness and Exercise
whenever I do more than about 30 or 40 minutes of elliptical or AMT my feet start to hurt. It's sort of like they fall asleep on the balls of my feet. As soon as I stop the pain stops. It doesn't happen when I walk or do classes like body combat, etc so I don't think it's just tight shoes?

I wear sneakers with 3/4 length arch supports.

Any ideas?

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  • cheshirecatastrophe
    cheshirecatastrophe Posts: 1,395 Member
    Do you scrunch up your shoes/toes tight to the front of the pedals? Do you shift your feet around on the pedals over the course of the workout, sometimes moving them a little wider apart, sometimes closer, sometimes further up on the pedals, sometimes further back? Do How does it feel if you take out the arch supports?
  • debubbie
    debubbie Posts: 767 Member
    I get that feeling sometimes too and I start to pedal backward for about 30 seconds and I am good to go for a while longer.
  • jeannettemancini
    jeannettemancini Posts: 58 Member
    I do move my feet once I notice the feeling

    Peddling backwards is a great idea.
  • VailCat13
    VailCat13 Posts: 7 Member
    I notice this happens when I pedal on the balls of my feet, which is my default form. When I make a conscious effort of push my heels into the pedal and flatten out my feet, the pain subsides.
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