Runner’s foot pain is very common among sporty people who like to jog or run a mile or two to generally keep fit. Foot pain among runners is sometimes cause by poor ill fitted running shoes. Sometimes worn out shoes may also contribute to foot pain.
Foot pain can also be cause by too much running. Excessive running and walking will damage the sesamoids. These are small bones located under the ball of your big toe. Increase of mileage, running and hill work may cause the bones to bruise thus resulting to foot pain.
No matter how painful your foot is. You can reduce the inflammation and the pain on your foot. Here are top four-foot pain remedies for runner’s foot pain.
1. Massage with water – This treatment is ideal for any type of heel or foot pain and only needs a container of cold and hot water. Here’s what you do:
- Soak your foot for 10 minutes in cold water
- After soaking from cold water. Move your foot to a container of hot water of a tolerable temperature.
- Soak your foot in hot water for 10 minutes
- Soak again your feet to the cold water
2. Put ointment on your feet – Using ointments with capsaicin, a natural ingredient in hot peppers helps in relieving foot pain. This is excellent treatment for runner’s foot pain. You can apply it topically in your foot after running, walking or jogging.
3. Avoid high-heeled shoes – For recreational runners and walkers it is important to lower how much you’re running or walking when you’re about to use brand new shoes. This will help your to remove many of the break in pains.
4. Extend out your calf– stretching the heel cord at the back of the foot can relieve foot pain.
- Position your self four feet away from a wall, put your hand on the wall
- Rest in to the wall, bringing one leg forward and bending at the elbows
- Keep your back leg in a straight line with the heel on the floor and tenderly stretch the calf muscle
- Do again for the other foot
Before you try any of the remedies mentioned, it would be best to consult first your doctor for proper assessment. Runner’s foot pain is curable as well as preventable.