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For the past several days, my right heel had been bothering me -- I thought I'd bruised it, since pretty much all summer I've been either barefoot or wearing sandals rather than my usual shoes. Things were especially painful in the morning, after I'd been off the foot for hours; it would take several steps and some walking around before I could stand to put much weight on the foot, but once I was up and moving, it was fine (well, it was OK...). Then again, if I sat for a time, it might take two or three steps before the foot stopped complaining.
Tuesday night at aikido, the heel was sore enough that I was noticing it through most of the class, but toward the end of class I planted hard on that foot... and it felt like the entire bottom of my foot gave out. There was a sudden sharp pain in the entire foot and I went down. It took a few minutes before I could put weight on it again. I hobbled off the mat; Charlie (our Sensei) had someone bring me an ice pack, and I iced it down. I managed to limp out of the dojo and back home.
Yesterday morning, I really couldn't put any weight on it after getting out of bed... and it was a long time before the foot allowed me to even limp around. Denise insisted I call the doc, who said to get an X-ray to see if I'd broken anything (which I'll get later today). Yesterday was a teaching day, so I was at school from 10:30 to 9:00, and couldn't do anything about it. Putting on my usual New Balance shoes, I was able to limp around, though I brought crutches along to help (in hindsight, I would have been much better off with a cane, just to take a little weight off the foot.)
In thinking about this, I suspect that my going all summer barefoot and in sandals, without proper foot support, was the issue. I'd gone to the New Balance shoes last year because I'd been having foot soreness and wanted more support, and they'd made a big difference. I also suspect that this has been a slow cumulative breakdown, the foot slowly getting worse because I wasn't giving it support, because I was doing more exercise via aikido (in bare feet) and thus stressing it further.
And looking at the symptoms for Plantar Fascitis, that describes everything I've been experiencing... My bet is that's the diagnosis.
I need to start wearing good shoes except when I'm doing aikido.... And I need something to give me arch support while on the mat.
Tuesday night at aikido, the heel was sore enough that I was noticing it through most of the class, but toward the end of class I planted hard on that foot... and it felt like the entire bottom of my foot gave out. There was a sudden sharp pain in the entire foot and I went down. It took a few minutes before I could put weight on it again. I hobbled off the mat; Charlie (our Sensei) had someone bring me an ice pack, and I iced it down. I managed to limp out of the dojo and back home.
Yesterday morning, I really couldn't put any weight on it after getting out of bed... and it was a long time before the foot allowed me to even limp around. Denise insisted I call the doc, who said to get an X-ray to see if I'd broken anything (which I'll get later today). Yesterday was a teaching day, so I was at school from 10:30 to 9:00, and couldn't do anything about it. Putting on my usual New Balance shoes, I was able to limp around, though I brought crutches along to help (in hindsight, I would have been much better off with a cane, just to take a little weight off the foot.)
In thinking about this, I suspect that my going all summer barefoot and in sandals, without proper foot support, was the issue. I'd gone to the New Balance shoes last year because I'd been having foot soreness and wanted more support, and they'd made a big difference. I also suspect that this has been a slow cumulative breakdown, the foot slowly getting worse because I wasn't giving it support, because I was doing more exercise via aikido (in bare feet) and thus stressing it further.
And looking at the symptoms for Plantar Fascitis, that describes everything I've been experiencing... My bet is that's the diagnosis.
I need to start wearing good shoes except when I'm doing aikido.... And I need something to give me arch support while on the mat.