L Foot, Other
2014-01-20 – 2014-02-24
Grade: 2
bursitis, 5th metatarsal head.
The podiatrist diagnosed bursitis and I think it was caused by not enough pronating, i.e. rolling over the outside/lateral side of my foot instead of over my big toe. It was probably brewing for quite some time and then flared up with the addition of pack weight at POCAR (which I ran in women's cascadias...too narrow).
So the solution was to find a shoe with
a) lateral posting to encourage better pronation <--hard to find
b) wide toe box to not irritate still slightly inflamed bursa
c) cushion to help feet manage high volume
Then once we found a shoe that worked, my pedorthist recommended SuperFeet Orange insoles to improve cushion/motion control.