Originally Posted by
Mzungu
Two years ago I started getting severe pain in my second toe on my right foot. It comes after about 1-2 hours of continuous riding. If i stop every hour it doesnt come. If i stop and massage it will hurt worse before it goes away. It started suddenly. I am 55 years old and 75kg. I still ride all day rides on the weekends, but there are times i have to either stop or take my foot out of the cleat and play around with that foot.
Two years ago I got a new road bike, but the same thing happens when I ride my mountain bike continuously. I have two pairs of shoes and it happens with both of them. neither shoes have paddeid inserts. I use spd pedals. Before two years ago i could ride hours without stopping without this ever happening.
Yesterday I rode with a pair of very flexible non bike sandals on spd pedals and it started in 15 minutes.
Anyone have an idea? We don't have sport specialists around here. I asked a couple of GP doc riders and they had no idea.
I would be forever grateful for a solution.
I had the exact symptoms when I toured around New Zealand a few years back but the problem only got worse and worse. After returning home a month later, (ouch) I went to the podiatrist and he scanned my feet and found intermetatarsal bursitis, which is swelling of the bursa between the 3-4 and 4-5 metatarsals on both of my feet. When the nerve is compressed by the swelling it sends crazy feedback into my feet. The symptoms and solutions are very similar to a Morton Neuroma. The solution to my feet problem is a set of orthotics that help to spread the bones apart and relieve the pressure on the nerve. If I were you I would go to your GP or a podiatrist and get the problem checked out before you cause long term problem. I didn't as I was on a long distance cycle tour and did permanent damage to my feet.
Good luck
Donnie