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Open Question: How to deal with sesamoiditis under big toe?
I’ve had sesamoiditis on and off under my right big toe. I’m not sure what started it,but I think it was a combination of running and golf.
With golf, I did something stupid (in retrospect), by practicing 1/2 swings indoors during the winter. I realized during the 1/2 swings, I wasn’t moving my weight properly from right to left on the downswing - probably from fear of overswinging and recking something in my house. That meant leaving my weight back on right foot so the ball of the foot was balancing a lot of weight.
Anyway, I was putting some mileage on (I’m low mileage due to a knee issue - the opposite knee from the problem foot) about 3X week, 4 to 8K per session, just after practicing the golf. I can’t say for certain which caused the problem, but it had to be one or both.
I do have very high arches. I’ve done lots of massage using fingers and rolling my foot on a golf ball and stretch the area. I will ice if it flames up and occasionally take Advil (but I don’t like to do that due to potential issues with internal organs). I also do exerices, e.g. using my toes to grip a towel, etc. I’ve cut running right out, but still cycle and use the ellipiptical in the gym - both are low impact, but impact nonetheless. I also use off the rack 3/4 orthotics - I’m not 100% convinced an expensive pair of customer orthotics will make a difference. I’d been using Nike Torch in the gym and just bought a pair of Nike Air Max Moto.
Other activity I do: in the gym I do hack squats (easier on feet than squats) calf raises, and lots of non-weight bearing exercises for core muscles and stabilizers, e.g. 1 legged balance and reach; leg levers, standing on one foot with eyes closed, etc. I find that these can aggravate sometimes since muscles around the ball of the foot is important for balance and stability. I also walk my dog for 1 hr day.
The problem has gone on for about 1 1/2 years, on and off. I can go for a few weeks with it feeling fine and then weeks with it flaring up everytime I hit the gym. Only on rare occasions has it been dabililitating during walking. In fact, the best if felt since it first occured was on vacation in Maui last year - we did a ton of walking in good hiking shoes and lots of swimming and snorkeling. I’m thinking the warm weather may have helped a lot. The problem returned when I started running again.
Any recommendations anybody can give would be greatly appreciated. What I’m thinking next is accupuncture and possibly shockwave therapy.

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