I am curious how your daughter's foot pain is now a year later. My very active 11 year old son was diagnosed with sesamoiditis 5 weeks ago. He was experiencing severe pain and some swelling in his left foot. The podiatrist put him in a special flat shoe for 2 weeks and the pain went away quickly. But he has been on very restricted activity for 5 weeks now and it's very difficult for a kid to not run, jump, practice his sports etc. We are doing PT, icing, alleve. I am just so concerned that this will come right back when he gets the OK to use that food.
No, i am division one athlete that plays at a very high level and had the same occurrence. I have been put in customized orthotics that made the pain go away for some time but ultimately left me with weak feet. I tried the pills but doesn't heal the problem. The orthotics shouldn't be a permanent thing. What i recommend is rest first, and slowly build your the total strength of your feet. Kelly Starelet Mobility Wod has great videos to strengthen your feet. Also, the mechanics of the way you run may cause extra stress. I started running heal to butt, and heal toe strike and the pain went away. I thought this was a permeant thing as well, but we are not meant to be in pain as humans there is always a way.
It sounds pretty strange to have sesamoiditis for so long. You might want to seek another podiatrist - the one I saw in Memphis, TN prescribed Medrol 4 Mg dosepak and recommended (strongly) that I stay off my foot for a least a week. Then he provided some pads, put a boot on my foot and sent me on my way. I was better by week 2 and 100% by week 4. Unfortunately it just reoccurred but now it's my left foot but I know what to do so I don't think I'll be seeing this podiatrist again (however, I would highly recommend him). Good Luck and lastly, you might want to change your shoes - I read this can also cause sesamoiditis.
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what do you mean you started running heal to butt, heal toe strike and the pain went AWAY? how did that happen?
okay. what kind or running did you do.. jogging or sprinting? im guessing if your gonna do sprints you'd have to transition into them slowly by jogging around first. and what is the 'heal toe strike'? i dont get what that is.
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Hi, thanks for that great advice/message! I have a question.. when you said "Stretching the calf muscles by touching your toes every day to increase blood flow", what do you mean by 'touching your toes'? Like just very gently rubbing your finger tips against the foot? (kind of like tickeling yourself but it doesn't really feel ticekelish, kind of feels good actualy) or actualy like pinching/squeezing your foot muscles? and what part of the foot do you mean? (the bottom of your foot/soles?)
thanks and congratz!
hey your reply to my second comment got deleted. here's my second comment which is still posted:
okay. what kind or running did you do.. jogging or sprinting? im guessing if your gonna do sprints you'd have to transition into them slowly by jogging around first. and what is the 'heal toe strike'? i dont get what that is
Hi. Sorry I have some questions to ask.
any other tips you can give us?
So.. you stayed of the foot, which is what im doing. I feel a lot less pain after using crutches for 4 days now, it really seems to help. Limping didn't help, probably made it worse. I got this condition 1 week ago. day 4 i sarted using crutches, my condition doesnt seem to be severe.
Did you do any stretching exercises? strengthening exercises? how long did you wait before you started doing them (if you did them in the first place)?
did you ice even if there wasn't any swelling etc? do you know if it helped?
what is the Medrol 4 Mg dosepak for?
anything else?
I'm not using a boot just fyi, just crutches. Any help would be much appreciated! Cheers!
Hi! My daughter is 12 and has been diagnosed with sesamoiditis and we are going crazy. The pain has been going on forever. She is a soccer and basketball player. Can you please tell me which Superfeet insoles your daughter wore? I got on their website and was thoroughly confused! The insoles the doctor gave us have not helped. We have had an insole plus a dr. jill foot pad that slipped all over the place in her shoe! Thank you so much and I'm so glad you are experiencing success! RB
I was just diagnosed with sesamoiditis yesterday. This was after having intense pain from the ball and arch area of my left foot that started 5 days previously. When I could not walk on my foot without the pain I knew I needed to see a Dr. After two days I went and saw my family Dr and they said to rest, elevate and take ibuprophen for the pain. I stopped at the drug store on the way home hoping to find something to help with the pain. After limping/walking on the outside of my foot around the store I realized there is nothing on the market to help with the pain that I was having. Since the pain was primarily on the ball of my foot I decided to purchase a ball of foot shoe insert and and ace badage. When I got home I placed the left one on my foot where it felt better and then just wrapped it with the ace bandage making sure that it wasn't too tight. I did find that placing the ace bandage between my big toe to wrap the cushion to my foot worked better. Didn't like my big toe wrapped up. This made a big difference. It helped with the intense pain immediately! I have used icy/hot - iced it and made sure to keep it wrapped with the ball insert and after 3 days of rest and keeping it elevated (only getting up to use the restroom and stretch my legs a few times) the swelling was pretty much gone. I was walking on the heel and outside of my foot with the wrap, ball insert and a sock and the pain was bearable. I went to the Orthopedic Dr yesterday and he told me it was Sesamoiditis and to keep resting it and continue doing what I was doing. Said he was impressed with the ace bandage/ball of foot insert therapy and encouraged me to continue with that and put me in a walking boot for two weeks. I am able to walk much better with the walking boot without constant pain but I am keeping it wrapped with the insert when I do walk on it. Keeps it from shifting and makes a big difference. What I noticed with my injury was that it felt better with the wrap - I was able to move it without the pain. I don't know it stabilized the bone, but it makes sense and made it much easier to rest. I was able to wrap it with the insert and put a shoe on to get to the doctor without tears coming to my eyse which was a large improvement.
I think with this injury it is going to be different with each person but wanted to share the ace bandage and ball shoe insert option in case it may help someone else. The insert I bought was from Walgreens - their store brand. It's call a womens ball-of-foot advanced Gel Cushion. It came two to a pack - one right and one left and I paid about $8 for the set. This one was unique from the other brands because there was a raised gel toe ridge cushion on it which has helped to minimize my toes moving. I didn't take the adhesive backing off of the insert so I could reuse it when I would rewrap it. Good luck with recovery - I know it's going to be an ongoing but am glad I'm at least limited mobile in only a week. Hopefully this may help someone.
I know this is a really late response, but I have been very happy with the results of my treatment for sesamoiditis and wanted to share. My chiropractor said my problem stemmed from faulty movement patterns resulting from tight calf muscles over time rather than a single trauma. She gave me exercises to improve the mobility of my ankle and foot, and added exercises to strengthen my ankle and foot. I have gotten well slowly over the course of about a month and a half. My MD says I should go to physical therapy if the problem comes back so I can get treatment that builds on my exercises. Good luck to everyone who is dealing with this...nobody deserves the pain.
hi! can you please explain what exercises you did to strengthen? I am struggling with mine! it's not going away and i've done towel crunches, and other exercises but the pain is still there
thank you
Towel crunches, supported toe lifts, supported leg swings, foot circles with a theraband, flexing and pointing with a theraband, and practicing walking properly with feet pointed straight forward are the main ones. The walking was slow going, because my foot was swollen and it hurt so much my foot was rolling to the outside and giving me ankle pain. I had to switch to only shoes with plenty of room for my toes to spread out and move freely inside. No more high heels for me ever again!
To be honest, I think the mobility exercises did just as much for for me as the strengthening ones, and my chiro made me do mobility only for a week before starting me on strengthening. That included rolling the bottom of the foot and toes very gently with a squishy ball and working up to a training golf ball, spreading out my toes and moving them (yes, painful at first!), rotating ankles, gently stretching calves, and just taking the toes, feet and ankles through their range of motion. The chiropractor said that all the tissues surrounding the inflamed sesamoid tendon and bone--basically my whole foot!--needed to be cared for so the injury would heal.
I also get some relief from kinesio taping the ball of my foot. I really think learning to walk better with good posture and my feet straight forward has helped me too, but I had to spend a lot of time on making my calf muscles loosen up to even be able to do this.
I am not a doctor, so I am not an expert. This is just what I think is helping me and it has all been done with instructions from my chiropractor. I hope you heal up and feel better soon!