Depends on your definition of peak.
I can no longer run. It was my favorite sport most of my life but I have an out of place bone in one foot that has given me arthritis and I have 3 days of pain for every run I do. There's no surgery or fix for it.
So I have to do everything else, my new peak cannot involve running 🫂
Have you gotten second/third opinions on this? Never heard of something like this.
Also would recommend The Foot Collective on YouTube.
Yep, many doctors + physical therapy and also tried to just do barefoot running etc to fix it but no luck. They think it was either genetic or some injury basically my navicular bone is no longer between the other two bones. It no longer gets blood flow and has necrosis +arthritis.
Options are surgery to rebuild entire foot (low chance I walk again) or deal with it and I can live a normal ish life except no running or long walks. Hoping medicine advances enough that that changes.
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That sounds horrible prayers up 🙏🫡
I've got my toe spreaders on as I type this and never wish to have foot issues now or in the future so that stinks. Definitely agreed on no surgery not worth it there
Very sorry to hear about this brother - sounds very unlucky - I hope for you too that we find you a solution.
Do you walk daily in barefoot/ minimalist footwear?
i did for a while, it actually fixed my other foot which was flat but no luck on this one foot
S'all good, I've learned to deal, my point was more that the peak may depend on the person 😅
How long did you commit to the barefoot footwear & why did you stop?
Yeah bro I understand that some people have injuries that physio can't heal - but I feel that is very rare.
Most people just don't want to put in the work.
Long enough to run a half marathon in vibrams 😅, they're still my lifting shoes as I love them.
Unfortunately unless I have an arch support on that foot the two bones there close up and aggravate the arthritis. Ok during the day but wakes me up at night. That's why I stopped
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