GabrielSVK
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- no camino yet
My dearest fellow pilgrims, I am writing to this forum to seek an advice for my issue, that freaking me out and keeping me in panic.
I am 26 year old, non athlete skinny type of guy. After some time of dreaming, planning and encouraging myself I decided to go and walk the Camino. It cost a lot of energy - find the correct time gap in my current life, to get a longer non-paid vacation from my work, talk with my relatives and family and let them understand my decision to go off country for a few weeks. I decided to walk Camino Del Norte from Irun - read every detail, got advice from my friends who finished some of the routes of Camino de Compostela, analyzed every post and article I found and got as lightweight gear as possible.
Apart from my comfy shoes I also decided to take some sandals - and bought a new pair (as I didnt have any) from Decathlon. And 3 days ago I decided to test them out and went to city to do some casual shopping. The last 2 kilometers of 12 km I did that day were a bit painful - the right side of my right foot started be sore.
Now I am sitting here, panicked and had no idea what to do as I still feel mild pain when walking after 3 days from that day. I have no pain when I do not walk, I have no pain at touch of the leg, I have no swelling, I have no redness or other issue. I am not able to say if I have some kind of badly stretched muscle, plantar fasci, peroneal tendonitis or I just simple overloaded my foot in combination of new sandals, not proper training and long walking. I “just” feel a some kind of pain inside my foot while using my foot, between fingers and heel, not unbearable, but probably getting worse by walking.
I should start my Camino in 7 days. I was not able to only sit and rest for last 3 days, but I will be able for the upcoming days. I am unfortunately not able to see a doctor, as it took several weeks to get an apoinment in my country, but I am able to rest, use ice or heat (no idea which one...), stretch, sleep, anything... I do not want to give up my dream after all the energy and hope I had and I am seeking any advice. I am tired of googling and trying to figure out what is wrong and I am starting panicking, guessing what to do if in will not stop.
I am truly sorry for the longer message and thank you for every your word in advance. Please consider that I know that the real problems, fatigue, blisters... are still in front of me on Camino, I am just unsure if my current problem wont stop me at the beginning and wont change to something worse just mild pain. Thank you.
I am 26 year old, non athlete skinny type of guy. After some time of dreaming, planning and encouraging myself I decided to go and walk the Camino. It cost a lot of energy - find the correct time gap in my current life, to get a longer non-paid vacation from my work, talk with my relatives and family and let them understand my decision to go off country for a few weeks. I decided to walk Camino Del Norte from Irun - read every detail, got advice from my friends who finished some of the routes of Camino de Compostela, analyzed every post and article I found and got as lightweight gear as possible.
Apart from my comfy shoes I also decided to take some sandals - and bought a new pair (as I didnt have any) from Decathlon. And 3 days ago I decided to test them out and went to city to do some casual shopping. The last 2 kilometers of 12 km I did that day were a bit painful - the right side of my right foot started be sore.
Now I am sitting here, panicked and had no idea what to do as I still feel mild pain when walking after 3 days from that day. I have no pain when I do not walk, I have no pain at touch of the leg, I have no swelling, I have no redness or other issue. I am not able to say if I have some kind of badly stretched muscle, plantar fasci, peroneal tendonitis or I just simple overloaded my foot in combination of new sandals, not proper training and long walking. I “just” feel a some kind of pain inside my foot while using my foot, between fingers and heel, not unbearable, but probably getting worse by walking.
I should start my Camino in 7 days. I was not able to only sit and rest for last 3 days, but I will be able for the upcoming days. I am unfortunately not able to see a doctor, as it took several weeks to get an apoinment in my country, but I am able to rest, use ice or heat (no idea which one...), stretch, sleep, anything... I do not want to give up my dream after all the energy and hope I had and I am seeking any advice. I am tired of googling and trying to figure out what is wrong and I am starting panicking, guessing what to do if in will not stop.
I am truly sorry for the longer message and thank you for every your word in advance. Please consider that I know that the real problems, fatigue, blisters... are still in front of me on Camino, I am just unsure if my current problem wont stop me at the beginning and wont change to something worse just mild pain. Thank you.