Have i managed to break my foot from working??

[ChatterMonkey]

About a month ago was working at an outdoor event that involved a lot of walking, but in smart business dress. I was wearing flat ballet pump style shoes while walking miles and miles each day on grass. Over a week.

Immediately after my foot was sore and swollen, but just thought it was tender from the walking.

But a month on, its still sore and no better at all. If im still for a while, i struggle to weight bear on it but will of after a while to still be noticeably sore, but i can walk on it. Pain is towards the right side of the ball of my foot, on my right foot.

Im worried that ive broken a small bone in my foot but is this even possible from walking? And even if i have, is there anything they could even do about it??

Sorry, working in the title should say walking... 😳

A stress fracture is possible, lots of small bones as well as ligaments etc which are relatively easy to strain/twist/pull.

Also lots of nerve endings in that area - could be inflamed. Called Morton’s neuroma if it’s between the third and fourth toes.

Is it possible to break ones ankle/foot and then walk around on it for a month? Yes, I did. Although, to be fair, I did that because I had a previous diagnosis of a foot problem (which turned out to be logical but wrong). I didn't occur to me not to go to the doctor, but to try to get a diagnosis by internet forum.

I broke my foot and ankle and still have no idea how. Walked on it for a week

When i went to the doctors years ago when j broke my little toe, they agreed it was probably broken but they couldn't do anything about it as its so small that it felt like i had wasted their time.

So i suppose given that this isnt massively painful, and although niggling, isnt causing massive inconvenience, i wonder if i would be wasting their time and mine by getting an appointment.

The reason for asking on an online forum was to see if anyone had similar and would say either yeah it could be broken but doctor would leave as is, or yes get an appointment as there is x y z treatments for this.

But i suppose if you are the sort of person to go straight to a doctor for any little niggle you have straight away, the. I guess thats why its so hard to get an appointment...

you could go and see a podiarist (privately) and get an opinion on what to do next. there are lots of things like structured shoes that might give your foot support while it heals.

Yes, its possible you fractured something, but did you trip, fall, twist, have an injury your recall? Ballet pumps cause the toes to curl up in vain attempt to hold the shoe on. They aren't good for feet at all apparently- but just wearing them shouldn't cause a fracture- unless there was some trauma involved!

No trauma that i can think of which is the strange thing.

Originally thought it was muscular due to clenching toes to keep shoes on, like you said. But thought that muscular would be starting to feel better now?

Maybe it just takes a while to heal and i probably need to buy new shoes as i still wear the same ones, but walking a lot less in them

It could be a number of things - a broken bone wouldn't be my first thought, but various strains, tendonitis or plantar faciitis can be painful for a long time as well.

You might be best to see a physiotherapist or chiropodist if you can't get seen at a GP surgery.

Maybe I'm just a pesky patient but imo how could you be wasting a doctor's time with this? This is exactly what they are for. You are in pain / discomfort for an unknown reason, you've given it time and it's not getting better. Why wouldn't you book an appointment. You don't need to be dying to visit the GP.

Go and don't feel guilty for a second about it.