Why do my feet hurt so easily? What's wrong with them?

Question

The first time this pain happened it was just my left foot. I figured I had landed on it funnily and bruised the bone or something. I wore a tensor for at least three weeks until it stopped hurting, and I stopped walking and hiking as much because that agravated it and started biking instead.

About a month later, when my foot seemed fine again, I wore some flat shoes with arch supports in them and my foot started hurting again.

More recently, I ran downhill and shortly thereafter both of my feet started to hurt. The pain is located seemingly in the top of the foot, above the arch.

It's not cramps in my feet... I think I might have weak joints, too. Do I have strange posture and not walk or run properly? If so it's not obvious!

What do you think is wrong? And what should I do about it?

Answer 1

you can have problems with your feet shape, too flat arches and that can cause strong pain. Visit a doctor and check. that happens often, can be seen by your footprints. you can injure your feet because of uncomfortable shoes, not very likely but that happens. Looks more like too flat feet, look at your arch closely when you stand, is there much space? if not may be that's the problem. A doctor will tell you for sure

Answer 2

If you have easily broken bones before, do you not think you should go and get this checked out? People have broken a bone in their foot just getting up and stepping down wrong. What I am trying to tell you is that it is easy to break a bone in your foot more than any other part of your body.Broken bones (also called fractures) in the foot are very common. In fact, about 1 out of every 10 broken bones occurs in the foot. Here's why. The human foot has 26 bones. Divide the foot into 3 parts: the hindfoot, the midfoot, and the forefoot. There are 2 bones in the hindfoot. These are the talus, which is where the foot attaches to the leg, and the calcaneus, which forms the heel. Five smaller bones called the navicular, cuboid, and 3 cuneiforms make up the midfoot. The long part of the foot is called the forefoot and contains 19 bones. There is a metatarsal for each of the 5 toes, the big toe is made up of 2 phalanges, and the other toes each have 3 phalanges. In addition, the foot sometimes has some small pebble-like bones called sesamoid bones. These bones do not perform any necessary function and are often called accessory bones.

Answer 3

. I was thinking 'shin splints' or something similar. You might have the wrong, or poorly-made, shoes for your activity. You might need more support on the ankles or more around the arch. ?
Check out the local athletic dept at a school or a sports store or a sports doc.
Info from wiki: "...The reason is that unskilled runners overstride, and land heavily on the heel with each footstrike. When this happens, the forefoot rapidly slaps down to the ground. Effectively, the foot, which is dorsiflexed prior to making contact with the ground, is forcefully extended. This forceful extension of the toe causes a corresponding rapid stretch in the attached muscles. A reflex in the muscles responds, causing a powerful contraction. It is this eccentric contraction which leads to muscle soreness and possible injury to the muscle, tendon or connective tissue. " ...
... Read about flat feet @ http://www.ourfootdoctor.com/yourfeet_flatfeet.shtml ; ...

Answer 4

feet are sore,go barefoot and lpse the shoes