Need Advice for nagging foot injury

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So midway during the summer I had a little tendon inflammation in my foot that became a nuisance enough to stop my marathon training. I decided on Aug 13th to stop running in hopes it would die down with enough time for a return to running in October.

Well it’s diminished, but any jogging type force brings it back. Well, I called the doc for an appointment, but until then (2-3 weeks from now) I’m wondering if I should keep resting it, or just run so that I can build some fitness and at least be able to show the doc the injury. I ask because when my General Practitioner looked at it, it didn’t hurt, cuz I had been staying off of it. I feel like I should at least have some pain/discomfort when I see my podiatrist so I can get a good diagnosis. (maybe even a cortisone shot).

What would you do?

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Funny, I had the same issue. A week before my tuneupe race had pain in my heel, During the race, on the run my Achilles and foot hurt like heck. Didn’t run for a few weeks after and eventually got an X-ray of my foot ( was negative) kept hurting and eventually went to doctor today(2 months later). Turns out was peroneal tendinitis, I was supposed to do princeton 70.3 but due to no running got lazy (ok more lazy) glad I didn’t race as would have really messed up my foot.

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Rest it.

It doesn’t need to hurt for an accurate diagnosis in most cases. Best of luck.

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As Dr Coogan said rest it. It also make sure you get a xray of it.

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Extensor tendonitis by chance? Pain on the top of the first metatarsal? That’s what I’m dealing with right now. I think :confused: