yennster
Portugues 2023
- Time of past OR future Camino
- April 2023 - Camino Portugues Costal Way
Hi all, I am going to my GP on Monday, but a bit of background:
I started training for my camino this past month. I'll be doing the Camino Portugues Coastal Way at the end of April, from Porto to Santiago. This past Saturday I decided to do a long haul walk without a pack in my camino Merrell hiking boots (lightweight and flexible) from Amsterdam to Haarlem, or about 20 km. It went great, it was exhilarating, I loved every moment, right up until I got to Haarlem and my left foot started hurting.
I've never had issues with my left foot before, in fact I was almost expecting to have issues with my right foot considering I have rolled my right ankle twice and have had 2 different surgeries on my right fibula, etc. But the pain in my left foot I think is likely due to a medium sized bunion on my left foot and walking without arch support orthotics. From my google searching, I have what they called lateral side foot pain. I've purchased orthotics and I am currently resting/elevating/ibuprofen the foot but it's still hurting. I really don't have much time before I need to leave for Porto, the internet says 6 weeks to heal, but my flight to Porto is on April 22. Of course, if necessary, I guess I will definitely need to postpone the trip.. but it's not ideal and I was really looking forward to it.
Any advice other than water/rest/elevation/ibuprofen/paracetamol/orthotics?
Thanks ya'll, I'm super bummed about this, but I suppose this is all a part of the camino journey lol
I started training for my camino this past month. I'll be doing the Camino Portugues Coastal Way at the end of April, from Porto to Santiago. This past Saturday I decided to do a long haul walk without a pack in my camino Merrell hiking boots (lightweight and flexible) from Amsterdam to Haarlem, or about 20 km. It went great, it was exhilarating, I loved every moment, right up until I got to Haarlem and my left foot started hurting.
I've never had issues with my left foot before, in fact I was almost expecting to have issues with my right foot considering I have rolled my right ankle twice and have had 2 different surgeries on my right fibula, etc. But the pain in my left foot I think is likely due to a medium sized bunion on my left foot and walking without arch support orthotics. From my google searching, I have what they called lateral side foot pain. I've purchased orthotics and I am currently resting/elevating/ibuprofen the foot but it's still hurting. I really don't have much time before I need to leave for Porto, the internet says 6 weeks to heal, but my flight to Porto is on April 22. Of course, if necessary, I guess I will definitely need to postpone the trip.. but it's not ideal and I was really looking forward to it.
Any advice other than water/rest/elevation/ibuprofen/paracetamol/orthotics?
Thanks ya'll, I'm super bummed about this, but I suppose this is all a part of the camino journey lol
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