Foot Pain When Running? | How To Prevent & Recover From Foot Injuries

Do you experience foot pain while running? Or are your feet sore when you wake up in the morning? Mark takes us through a few common foot injuries runners experience and gives some tips on what to do should you pick one up.

Plantar Fasciitis? Bursitis? Stress Fractures? There's plenty of things that can go wrong with a runners foot - but how do you know what's going wrong and how to fix it? In this video Mark gives a short overview of common running injuries and how you can avoid them.

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[gtn]

Have you had a foot injury in the past? How did you recover from it? Let us know 👇

[arranwhitaker]

Just got foot pain the other day having to stop my daily running streak today just the video I needed!

[dtaylortf]

Dealing with an injury right now and taking a few weeks off. Really feel like I'm struggling - not being out on the road.

[TheVersatileVlogger]

Thanks for such helpful content GTN. More power to you guys. Even in pandemic, you gave us such good videos about running. 😊👍

[lukeorrin]

I struggled with a metatarsal stress fracture all of 2020 on and off and no matter how gradually I built up mileage it kept coming back. Started doing 50% of my runs on grass or gravel and it hasn’t been back in 6 weeks and am back to where I was at the start of 2020! Just got to be really careful with it and run EASY. Also found a way to see if it is a stress fracture here is pulling each individual toe back slightly and if it causes pain then it is a stress fracture in the metatarsal

[walkinthenose]

I agree with what someone else had mentioned, the On Cloudflow I believe was the main factor the main factor in my plantar fasciitis I developed. Shoes are such an individual specific issue and its hard to say what will and wont work for someone. But I will say I think the Ons are very comfortable and cushioned, but most models do not have much rigidity (you can bend the shoe in half with almost no effort) and this means not much support for your arch so you will be absorbing that rather than the shoe. After a period of recovery I had switched to New Balances models that had more rigidity and have been running longer mileage with more constancy for over a year now with none of the issues I had when wearing several On models.

[sue]

I've always had aches and pains in my feet and I feel like running takes away the ache. I feel if I did get an injury, I might not know 🙊

[bro]

Oh man, what a timely video (even though I’m 9 months late). I just developed athlete’s foot, plantar faciitis, tendonitis on top of my foot, also a bunion, all in my left foot. I assume it was a combination of increased distance and worn out shoes as the main culprit. The athletes foot came from the pool. Reduced running, stretches and my new Brooks Ghost 14 will be here tomorrow should help. I just reached olympic distances in all disciplines so I need to stay at those distances for a while.

[bgp]

Thanks for the nice rundown! I had two injuries over the past year and this video was nice to see.
Plantar Fasciitis - The temporary sharp stabbing pain in the mornings is real; I thought I could train through since pain went away after walking around in the morning for a few minutes but it definitely prolonged the injury. I had to stop running for about 3 months or so to let it fully heal.
The next/current injury is fifth metatarsal fracture after a half marathon. It was sharp pain on the outside midfoot every time I would walk or sometimes even stand. I was just pushing very hard through the race and didn't care much about my form during the race, which I think lead to my injury. I also increased my weekly mileage a bit too fast I think, which served as another trigger.

[Crymerge]

Shoes make all the difference for me. I cannot wear On Cloudflow shoes. After using them for a couple of weeks, not only did I get bone bruises in both feet, I also got a stress fracture in my left foot. What was the issue then? Well my primary landing spot while wearing those shoes just happens to be in-between the "cloud pods". There is zero cushion between the pods. So every single step it was like running in shoes without any outsole, just hard plastic. Total number of miles in the shoes, 37 miles. Sometimes shoes just do not work for you, find what you like and what works for you and stick with them.

[todorshoilekov]

Plantar fasciitis for me and 2 factors led to this - 1 increased the frequency and intensity of my training - 2 old trainers

I’ve learned this and will always use decent new trainers and sole support as I’m also flat footed

[nurkholidin]

Really helpful... this is what i need to know now.

[code_s]

this video is packed with very useful information so thank you very much.
for me its clearly because i started running daily

[martyf.]

Any thoughts on toe pain across both feet?

[Starta-lcee]

It would be nice if you show the pictures of injured areas

[trbeyond]

Broke my 4th toe a few years ago. Doc suggested a full boot and I thought he was nuts. So glad I followed his suggestion; it healed completely and quickly. I’ve come across so many people since then who tried to just splint it themselves and have nagging issues that never resolve.

[runforyourlife]

Thank you so much for this video, really helpful! So far i've been able to avoid injuries on the foot, but have had to take a break from running due to knee pain - do you have remedies in order to prevent that?

[logiconabstractions]

I think it would have been relevant to mention the other school of thoughts regarding footwares - barefoot or minimalist footware.

There are definitely research that hint at the fact that some foot injuries may actually be cause by weak foot structures, to which to MUCH support for the foot all the time seems to be contributing. Anecdotal, but that seems to be my case personally - I had been running in stuff like the Gel Cumulus for years and tended to hav regular issues popping on & going away.... I switched to more moderate level of support, and included a portion of minimalist shoes and barefoot running (~1/4 of my volume, at recovery/endurance paces). After a year stopped having any issues.

After all, if part of the remedy is going to be strenghtening anyways (e.g. calf raises & such), then... wouldn't the logical conclusion be to try to include some of that strenghtening directly in the run, as opposed to try to remove even more of it with orthopedics/cushionned shoes?

[Alex-kwho]

Very helpful I have now figured out what I have

[DWNY]

I had stubborn plantar fasciitis training for a spring marathon in 2018. Then, I changed my shoes, started rotating pairs and added variety to my running routes and terrain. I recovered fairly quickly and haven’t had it since, despite training for an additional 3 Marathons after that point.