I need to go orthotic shopping. Does anyone have any recommendations in the Denver/Boulder area ?
background: Hurt a muscle in my calf in the last race, rested it for two weeks, but then within a mile of trying to run, hideous pain in the calf, and hopped home. Doctor says 6 weeks without running… lucky I can still bike and swim. As best I can tell it’s the flexor hallucis longus, pain occurs only when running. It appears to be associated with the pushoff from the toes. I suspect that I’ve been compensating for a neuroma in that foot by overusing the big toe with consequent results up the chain of motion…
The last orthotics I got for the neuroma were expensive and close to useless: when I took them back the so-called doctor wanted to give me cortisone shots, so I abandoned him. I’ve been managing the pain by using small inserts of orthopaedic foam glued to the bottom of the insole, but it doesn’t seem to be working anymore. Bah.