Cuboid syndrome?

[alophysio]

Hi t.delacour - SigMik makes very good points. It is very hard to diagnose people on the internet...

My point about your condition will be "Why"? Why did it "go" 45mins before a race? Had you already warmed up? Was it a muscle or tendon that pulled? A ligament sprain? Overloading coming to a head? Perhaps it was the sural nerve as SigMik suggested.

But all of that doesn't help your pain.

I actually don't think you cuboid syndrome/subluxation because if the joint was actually "out" or jammed or stuck etc, then walking on your toes would be painful+++. I have personally had this. And i have fixed lots of them in my time over the years...The results are usually immediate with 70+% dec in pain immediately with resolution of pain within a few days...but a soft tissue sprain will take up to 6 weeks or more to heal properly so your foot will be "weak" or vulnerable until the 6 weeks is up.

You more than likely have a muscle/tendon "misfiring" pulling on the foot joints.

Again hard to tell without seeing it in person.

Hope that helps

[t.delacour]

Actually the 'why' is somewhat hazy, and is one aspect which does not seem to correspond to any dislocation of sorts. I cannot recall one instant in which my foot suddenly 'went', but it also was definitely not a gradual onset either. All I remember is sitting on a grassy hill, getting up and sort of realizing that it hurt. This was shortly after my course walk, and just prior to warming up. Could it be possible that overuse had put my foot on the verge of the injury, and getting up quickly was the 'feather that broke the camels back' as they say? What exactly would a tendon 'misfiring' be? Is there a medical term for it? How is it treated?