Metatarsal pads foot pain
05-12-22, 12:32 PM
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Metatarsal pads foot pain
I have been riding a lot so now I have some hot/pain spots on my feet. Mostly on the right foot in the ball of the foot under the 3-4 metatarsal, I can ride but it comes and goes but getting bit worse. Anyone here get this and what might they have done? My options seem to be move the cleat more toward the center of the shoe but I have them about as far toward the rear of the shoe as I can get them. I could try some metatarsal pads I have seen or try to make my own with some type of form rubber. I have had this off and on in the past and usually it goes away but I would like to get it under control. Probably someone has had this.
05-12-22, 01:09 PM
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I had a pain like that once and it came down to cleat position. Could be the shoes though, do you have another pair to rule that out?
05-12-22, 02:04 PM
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I've been dealing with it for a couple of years. I tried various pedal and shoe combinations and it didn't seem to matter. But definitely try for yourself because a small change might work for you, even though it didn't work for me. I manage it with insoles from amazon. Search for Profoot Original Miracle Insole. $8.99/pair and I now have them in every shoe I own. Someone else on this board referred me to these insoles so I know I'm not the only one they help with this pain.
I do also use gel pads in conjunction with the insoles for extended walks and jogging but I don't use gel pads for cycling.
I do also use gel pads in conjunction with the insoles for extended walks and jogging but I don't use gel pads for cycling.
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https://www.walmart.com/ip/2-Piece-M...8?athbdg=L1400
Had the same issue. It hurts.
The above works. The photo in the link..they have no clue. It seems they think they are arch supports, they aren't. The pads need to be worn farther forward, just a bit to the heel side of your MT-pads. The elastic around your foot keeps them in place. Typical MT-pads will move around with foot-sweat and won't stay in place.
Insole inserts for your shoes will help als as they keep your foot in the right conformation. I use these in my riding shoes:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...e?ie=UTF8&th=1
Make sure whatever insole you get, if you get some, are hard-stiff in the arch. The foam-arch(no hard plastic backing) ones don't wrk, at least for me, as they squish down and let your foot do exactly what you're trying to prevent.
Had the same issue. It hurts.
The above works. The photo in the link..they have no clue. It seems they think they are arch supports, they aren't. The pads need to be worn farther forward, just a bit to the heel side of your MT-pads. The elastic around your foot keeps them in place. Typical MT-pads will move around with foot-sweat and won't stay in place.
Insole inserts for your shoes will help als as they keep your foot in the right conformation. I use these in my riding shoes:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...e?ie=UTF8&th=1
Make sure whatever insole you get, if you get some, are hard-stiff in the arch. The foam-arch(no hard plastic backing) ones don't wrk, at least for me, as they squish down and let your foot do exactly what you're trying to prevent.
05-15-22, 12:27 AM
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I don't have that specific pain while riding, but something very similar when walking. I went to a podiatrist, and he immediately recognized the problem - it seems it's common - and came up with simple adjustments to the insoles of my shoes and boots. (I brought in all the shoes and boots, including bicycle shoes) He looked at my road bike shoe and recommended some cleat position changes to try if the issue got worse with riding.
He assessed the flexibility of my foot and how the toes behaved when weighted relative to each other. The solution (which seems to be working) was simply adjusting the insoles with simple, cheap felt pads under certain parts of the foot to better distribute the weight so that the parts that were hurting didn't get the undue pressure they were experiencing because of the way the other parts of the foot weren't flexing properly.
My ignorant thought was to put more padding under the sore points. The real solution was pretty much the opposite, but was based on how my toes anatomy and movement affected others.
You can get all the online advice in the world, but none of us are professionals, none can actually look at your foot with professional training background, so nobody knows if your case is in any way to our own experience. The advice you get online is probably worth a lot less than what you're paying for it.
Go see a professional and take care of it. You might ask around to see if any particular podiatrist available can give cycling advice, but it seemed to me this stuff is all standard for that type of professional.
He assessed the flexibility of my foot and how the toes behaved when weighted relative to each other. The solution (which seems to be working) was simply adjusting the insoles with simple, cheap felt pads under certain parts of the foot to better distribute the weight so that the parts that were hurting didn't get the undue pressure they were experiencing because of the way the other parts of the foot weren't flexing properly.
My ignorant thought was to put more padding under the sore points. The real solution was pretty much the opposite, but was based on how my toes anatomy and movement affected others.
You can get all the online advice in the world, but none of us are professionals, none can actually look at your foot with professional training background, so nobody knows if your case is in any way to our own experience. The advice you get online is probably worth a lot less than what you're paying for it.
Go see a professional and take care of it. You might ask around to see if any particular podiatrist available can give cycling advice, but it seemed to me this stuff is all standard for that type of professional.
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