Foot pain...Any ideas?

[Darin]

Another question:

Does the pain get worse if you swim a lot or is it present even if you're just bimbling around?

R..

yes....

If I'm in the water, no booties, no fins, no pain.
If I'm in the water at the surface w/ booties=pain
In water at surface w/ booties + fins=pain
In water w/ fins and boots @ depth= lesser amounts of pain

So to answer you more specifically, if I'm not doing anything except floating, they hurt. If I dive at 0-60' or so, still have pain, even finning around. Deeper than 60', it seems to go away a bit. Sometimes altogether.

Darin

 

[Diver0001]

Actually, I just shortened them up. They were too loose this past weekend and kept coming off my heel. Even that loose, still had the pain.

Ok, so it looks like it's not the straps.

I think mikerault might be on to something. I assume most foot pockets on fins are somewhat wedge-shaped, like our feet, no doubt. I'm wondering if the fins/booties are squeezing the middle top and sides of my foot, causing the pain? The problem is, what to do about it? Maybe the reason it subsides somewhat at depth is that the neoprene is compressing, relieving some of the pressure?

Darin

Does this happen on both of your feet?

Do you do other sports? are there other activites that cause the same pain?

I think it might be a good idea to flip this thread into the medical forum. It sounds to me like this is the kind of typical thing that would have a name if you knew enough Latin . As well-intentioned as it is, it's pretty clear that playing doctor isn't helping you very much.

R..

 

[Darin]

Ok, so it looks like it's not the straps.



Does this happen on both of your feet?

Do you do other sports? are there other activites that cause the same pain?

I think it might be a good idea to flip this thread into the medical forum. It sounds to me like this is the kind of typical thing that would have a name if you knew enough Latin . As well-intentioned as it is, it's pretty clear that playing doctor isn't helping you very much.

R..

Please, by all means, if this in in the wrong place, move it. The more people read this, the greater the chances are that I'll find a solution.

Yes, in both feet, and usually only whan I dive. I can't really relate it to any out of water activity.

Darin

 

[cudachaser]

I have major neuropathy in my lower legs...It's amplified by weight on my legs...When I'm underwater the aching usually goes away

 

[Mr. Sunday]

I have the same problem. I think it is due to wearing too thick of socks in my drysuit booties and also not using large enough fins. I am a size 10 but a XL jetfin does not seem to be large enough. I am thinking of trying turtles out or OMS drysuit fins that have a different shape to the foot pocket.

 

[Scuba-Jay]

just an "outside the box" thought...maybe you are allergic to the neoprene or whatever your booties are made of? Just a thought...

 

[fisherdvm]

I am thinking of 2 things. Peripheral neuropathy or peripheral vascular disease. You are too young to have the latter, but you might want to have it checked out by a neurologist. Nerve conduction study could be done and see if your nerves are functioning.

Or it could simply be that your boots are too tight. Perhaps at depth, your feet shrink in size due to improved venous circulation, and the compression on the feet is less severe.

 

[gert7to3]

You might look into the Zeagle Teleoz fins:

http://www.zeagle.com/index.php?sub...ns&PHPSESSID=b539eafb72a178a8a1d0aeb8c61b6b1d

You close the upper flaps with a Velcro/clip combination system, then tighten the heel strap to push your foot into the formed foot pocket. I tried this fin in Bonaire last week and never got any foot cramps. There was less strain on my shins and knees. I did feel slightly more strain in the muscles of my thighs, but I had trained with the fin, so this wasn't an issue on the dive trip.

They were really panned in a Rodale's review. However, I thought the testers didn't really care to try and figure the fins out, they simply rejected them because the were so different.

The fins are light weight and a bit flexible. I found I could achieve a very efficient flutter kick with them. Surface swims on my back were easy and as fast as my buddy. Frog kicks weren't as strong due to the flex. That said, I was able to achieve sort of a combo flutter/frog kick which worked quite well. The Teleoz fins also permitted me to achieve a very easy helicopter/flutter kick. The flex gave me useful thrust from both up and down movement.

If you're really pushing a lot of gear along (drysuit, doubles, etc.) they may not provide sufficient ultimate power. For moderate cruising I thought they worked well. My basis of comparison is against Cressi Rodines and an older pair of Dacor fins.

 

[Whitey]

I agree with Terry. My first thought when I read your problem was that your flippers are either too tight or too small.

R..

Thats funny I thought flipper was a dolphin, but, yeah maybe you sould get a new one.