Hi, I have a problem with my right heel and I would appreciate very much any advice anyone can offer. Also please forgive the size of the post.
In early July I was running and slipped and my ankle folded/twisted slightly, I hopped for a few steps in pain but it faded and I ran it off ( In hindsight probably a mistake) and did the remaining mile I had to go.
The next day I woke up and when I placed weight on my foot, I could feel a slight discomfort in a point just slightly inside my foot on the outer edge of my heel. I left it 2 days before running and by the time it came to my next run it had pretty much gone although was slightly present. I ran 3 miles and later that night my foot was sore when I put pressure on it.. woke up the next day and couldn't walk on it at all with the pain being the whole of my heel centred mostly on the right outer side.
I rested it completely for almost a week and by this point I could just about walk on it.. then during a intense day at work I must have overused it.. and woke up back at square one being unable to walk, the same process then occurred again with me resting it just over a week and then once again when having to walk on it for a long period of time I caused it to go back to being unable to walk on it. After this final time I decided to completely rest it for as long as possible.
After a couple of weeks rest it only hurt if I placed a lot of pressure on it, and twice a week I began very very light slow jogging in a way that only the ball of my right foot touched the ground, this didn't seem to trigger it off at all, and at around 3-4weeks after the last incidident where I triggered it I could walk normally although sometimes I felt a strange sensation in my foot almost like a tingling across my heel when I put weight on although this faded mostly after a week or so.
Then last week, 9 weeks after the problem beginning, and around 3-4 week since any pain or discomfort, I went for my first normal 3 mile run.. it went fine, felt no pain when running or after, 2 days later i did another... the following day (Tuesday of this week) I woke up and I could feel a sensation in my heel although I wouldnt call it pain or soreness.. and the tingling when standing for the first time after sitting a while also returned. I've stopped running mostly out of fear of making it worse and I plan to take another 2 maybe 3 weeks off completely and then see how it is.
Has anyone else with this kind of heel bruising experienced similar conditions and have any advice they could offer about how I go about returning to full running
Thanks very much for your time reading through this