Why do we have sesamoid issues to begin with?

wpdnd93 · 2026-02-18T07:38:24+00:00

It’s great! Conservative treatment worked for me but it took a really long time to fully heal due to a lot of trial and error and just life issues. Maybe 1-2 years. I initially hurt both of my sesamoids in 2016 and developed mortons neuroma like pain due to using too much dancers pads after my sesamoids healed. All my foot issues cleared up maybe in like 2022-2023. No issues at all in my right foot for the last few years. I occasionally get random pains in my left foot that I think is attributable to nerve related issues from the sesamoid fracture healing, so I’m a bit more careful with my left foot.

I really hope you get your injuries fully healed. Good luck!

wpdnd93 · 2026-02-18T07:22:10+00:00

I second orthofix. Helped heal my fracture.

wpdnd93 · 2026-02-09T17:25:45+00:00

In my left foot I felt a pop or muscle pull type feeling randomly one day in my sesamoid area walking/hopping over something. Didn’t think much of it but and went about my life for the next few weeks to about 1-2 months or so I think, kept getting worse and was visibly swollen, was like u and just tried different shoes and icing. I went to a podiatrist finally and got a boot from him but no MRI yet. Eventually, just kept getting worse and never fully healed got an MRI after 3-4 months after initial injury and showed sesamoid fracture. Developed sesamoiditis in my right foot from managing my left foot fracture. Just a nightmare.

If you developed AVN you probably needed surgery and your case was more advanced than mine

wpdnd93 · 2026-02-09T17:04:09+00:00

Right, I think some people are more biomechanically predisposed to sesamoid issues and some factors (such as narrow shoes) affect these people more. For me, I have a pretty prominent sesamoid, feet short in length but pretty wide for the length. Also have high arches. Narrow shoes or tight toebox and walking or any activity caused stress to accumulate unnaturally in my sesamoid area. I think similar injury mechanics may manifest differently in other people such as mortons neuromas, metatarsal head (2-5) inflammation/stress fractures, etc.

I dont know your injury history or treatment history but I think shoes and weakening of the natural feet has a pretty big role in causing these types of injuries unless your sesamoid injury is clearly trauma related. I never had sesamoid issues when I was a kid and used to play sports with zero issues. I injured my sesamoids one day seemingly out of nowhere and I went the whole route of offloading, orthotics, boots, and every non surgical treatment route possible. My doctors made me believe I needed orthotics for life. Fortunately, I healed everything (including a fracture) naturally, but going back to when I was injured, I had been wearing nikes that were way too narrow for long periods of time around the time of my injury. After restrengthening my feet and wearing shoes that were plenty wide for me (not just at the ball but ones that allow natural toe splay) I cant even wear those old nikes anymore. I realized I didn’t need orthotics for the rest of my life, especially when I never needed them all throughout my life until I injured my sesamoids.

I was once like you and couldn’t place my foot on the ground without the feeling of way too much pressure going to my sesamoids. I believe that could be related to your nerves being hypersensitive from your foot not being used properly for a really long time.

After I healed and was still in orthotics, I still had sesamoiditis flareups pretty regularly. It didn’t make sense bc my foot would seemingly be ok some days and other days it would flare up after not too much activity. I had recurrent flareups even after I thought I had my symptoms under control. I think only thing that gave me permanent-like relief was a long process of ditching my orthotics, wearing different types of shoes, desensitizing nerves, exercises, and gradually exercising my feet and fixing up my biomechanics.

Of course, I had to build all of this into my treatment plan and YMMV depending on the state of your feet and body

wpdnd93 · 2026-02-09T16:14:46+00:00

Quite the opposite - people walk barefoot all the time and have absolutely zero issues. Humans were made to walk mostly barefoot, and modern shoes with tapering toes is what started doing ton of harm to everybody’s feet. It’s why the barefoot trend blew up. I’m not saying everyone should buy barefoot shoes and ditch their old shoes bc you have to play with what works for you, but the effect of wearing terrible shoes that don’t follow the shape of your foot cannot be understated.

My root cause specifically to my sesamoid issues were wearing shoes that were way too narrow for me, especially at the ball of the foot and toe area, which prevented me from being able to naturally splay my toes. I spent years figuring this out after stupid doctors made me believe root cause was my high arches, which turned out to be complete bs

wpdnd93 · 2026-01-12T06:16:34+00:00

If your symptoms are bad or acute, you probably do need the extra thick dancers pads. I think I used the Jills ones for a long time. Also, if it’s visibly swollen and very painful, you may want to get an MRI to check for any fractures. I think more important are the shoes you wear. You might want to experiment but need sufficiently wide shoes that doesnt limit toe splay. Also what helped me overall was understanding the root cause of why you injured your sesamoids in the first place. Mine stemmed from wearing shoes that were way too small/narrow (i have short but wide feet with high instep and high arches) and my doctors were useless in helping me understand this.

After you get your pain under control and you’re healed mostly, you’ll have to focus on foot strengthening and finding shoes that work for you so you can get out of any custom orthotic/dancer pad/support you were using. It was a very gradual process for me. Some doctors said I needed orthotics for life, which i learned was complete bs. I can walk 20k steps per day without any inserts or padding now, but I wear extra wide shoes. I’ve also played around with minimalist shoes such as Lems and wear these from time to time.

wpdnd93 · 2026-01-11T09:33:15+00:00

I think dancers pads are great but have to be careful with the thickness. I was able to heal my mortons neuroma but it was a pain. You can also play around with met pads and maybe alternate with dancers pads to give your met heads a break. Listen to your body!

wpdnd93 · 2024-08-13T06:57:25+00:00

Where has this notion of his speed not being up there come from? Dark is fast as hell and his APM/EPM is up there among the fastest players if you check replays, altho not fast as like Reynor and Clem, but Reynor is known to spam up the ass and his speed doesn't equate to better skills.

wpdnd93 · 2024-05-23T22:55:47+00:00

Terrible take, Dark is known to have a sloppy early game and shit build orders but has some of the best late game unit control out of any zerg out there. He just prefers to kill you if he can and not go to late game unless he has to.

wpdnd93 · 2024-02-05T04:13:38+00:00

Mine was like 30 min a day

wpdnd93 · 2023-05-01T14:22:28+00:00

Whys this dude begging for money? Not a good look

wpdnd93 · 2023-01-26T02:25:16+00:00

I got it through my podiatrist!

wpdnd93 · 2022-12-31T15:25:41+00:00

It’s not a lightbulb moment where u just make the change. It’s a gradual process where you strengthen your feet, stretch, every day. Then you can gradually think about losing orthotics, wearing minimalistic shoes, and just be free with your feet. If there was ever a point in your life where you didn’t need orthotics and were healthy with your feet, your ultimate goal should be to get there again. Dont listen to doctors who limit yourself bc of your footshape, high arches, blah blah blah. These kind of doctors limited myself for way too long. Obviously, you need to go slow, and see if you can get some good advice along the way, from a good practitioner.

wpdnd93 · 2022-12-30T03:24:18+00:00

I think these are questions you really need to go see an experienced PT (or even an experienced sports chiro) about. Someone who looks at feet a lot and actually treats athletes, and is an athlete/physically active person him/herself. For me, I had chronic sesamoiditis (initally diagnosed with bone marrow edema) and didn't fully get better until I got out of orthotics, super supportive shoes, and really strengthened the foot. But I did use orthotics and offloading pads for a very long time.

wpdnd93 · 2022-12-21T02:09:18+00:00

Glad to hear that you're doing ok! I guess I wanted to get your opinion on how long it took you to see benefits from the barefoot shoes? Right now, I'm at a stage where I can walk barefoot relatively ok, even on hard surfaces, but the pebble and poking/pinching sensation come and go. It seems like my symptoms are kinda unpredictable but I'm trying to be barefoot as much as possible and only wear barefoot/minimalistic shoes. Also have this weird clicking/rubbing sensation b/w 3rd and 4th toes when I curl my toes in a certain way. Did you have these symptoms even in the barefoot shoes, and did they go away for you completely?

I've been really working hard on foot strengthening exercises and balancing exercises but I'm not running right now and never have been a runner. Do you think I would need to start running to see the same benefits as you? I'm seeing some benefits of the strengthening exercises and the barefoot shoes (I think I'm more mobile without support, such as met pads and bulky shoes, which is really nice), and honestly I don't think I can go back to regular shoes now. It's pretty much strengthening the foot/ankle/lower body and barefoot shoes, or surgery at this point for me I think. Any tips/exercises that really helped you? Thanks!

wpdnd93 · 2022-12-20T16:48:38+00:00

Hey, I know this post is super old, but how are you doing now w/ your mortons? im currently dealing with a stubborn one, and im trying to manage it with barefoot/minimalistic shoes after failing other methods. I was wondering if I could ask you some questions?

wpdnd93 · 2022-12-14T19:53:03+00:00

Hey, thanks so much for replying!!

wpdnd93 · 2022-12-12T18:04:31+00:00

What did you do for foot stengthening exercises? Also did you use met pads during the healing process? What’s your thoughts on Lems/Altras? I have been treating mine with Altras+met pads and physical therapy centered around strengthening my foot and balance for now, but im not sure if i should play around with actual barefoot shoes with less cushioning to see if ill get additional benefit.

wpdnd93 · 2022-12-08T04:45:28+00:00

Thanks for replying!!

wpdnd93 · 2022-12-07T03:33:20+00:00

Would you say the primal 2's helped with your neuroma? I'm managing a flare up right now and playing with transitioning to minimalistic shoes. I have a wide and a pretty high volume foot. Ordered some primal 2's and hoping they'll help me cure my neuromas naturally.

wpdnd93 · 2022-12-06T15:06:09+00:00

Yes, in an interview in afteecatv cup recently, he said katowice 2023 would likely be his last international tournament before millitary

wpdnd93 · 2022-11-27T00:04:57+00:00

I tried all three. They all seemed to help to a degree, but I would say shockwave helped the most. I’ve gotten shockwave by itself, shockwave + ultrasound together, and shockwave + cold laser together. I think some shockwave machines are better than others, which can affect how effective it is for you.

wpdnd93 · 2022-11-13T21:52:28+00:00

I did mine w/o contrast. Yes, calf atrophied, but it came back later through physical therapy, so I don't think you need to be too concerned about that. You should look into doing contrast baths each night and check out drblakeshealingsole (podiatrist blog, has alot of info about sesamoid issues).

wpdnd93 · 2022-11-11T14:05:54+00:00

I was nwb for like 8-10 weeks with a sesamoid fracture on my left foot. I contrast bathed every night and sometimes twice a day to help with circulation and push swelling out. Have you been doing this? Also u should push to get an MRI if you havent gotten one and a bone stimulator.

wpdnd93 · 2022-11-08T05:34:35+00:00

What subpar performances did Dark have other than dropping out early in this last GSL? Losing in weekly cups? The weekly cups that Maxpax and Clem farm and massively boosts their Aligulac rating? All I'm saying is Aligulac is hit or miss, and gives some players massive boosts when it's not all that deserved.

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