Hi whilst icing my injuries I thought I'd ask for advice etc. Anyway I played hockey today (field) as I do most weeks. Recently my heel has felt rather bruised but as a rule I just take ibuprofen, stretch the area and ice it once in a while.

[zingara]

Hi I'm whilst icing my injury I thought I'd ask for advice etc. Anyway, I played hockey today (field) as I do most weeks. Recently my heel has felt rather bruised but as a rule I just take ibuprofen, stretch the area and ice it once in a while. whilst playing and finding it uncomfortable to run, both on the heel and underneath I felt a snapping sensation under my foot which really caused me to put the brakes on. I just could not run any further and indeed for the rest of the game not able to run at all. I'm now icing it but i'm thinking that tomorrow I may find it even worse to walk on. Is there anyone that has had this happen that could offer any advice/ I'm considering going to A+E but not sure if it's just a rest it and see type thing. Thank you.

[zingara]

Whoops! Sorry not sure what I did to cause that massive writing

[ubasses]

If you felt something snap just above your heel it could be your achilles tendon, so yes visit to A&E would be a good idea.

[Sqad]

\ I felt a snapping sensation under my foot which really caused me to put the brakes on\\\

That is extremely unlikely to be a rupture or tear of your Achilles tendon.
I would continue icing it, resting it and taking Ibuprofen at least 600mgms in one go up to every 6 hours.

Get back to us tomorrow morning for an update. Sounds very much like a muscular tear.

[zingara]

Hi Ubasses, thank you for your reply I have to consider everything. whilst sitting feeling sorry for myself I've googled the foot and it looks as though it's the plantar facia which runs under the foot. I will go and have it checked out forthwith. I have taken my shoe off and It is so difficult to walk on the foot. there's no point in whinging tho, I'd best get it sorted.

[zingara]

Hi, Thank you Squad, Up until now I have taken 600mg of Ibuprofen but not all together. I took 400 in the morning before playing due to the heel pain, and 200 this afternoon. I'll take some before bed then I can have a fresh start in the morning. I've also given it a good icing. I visited a+e where the nurse practitioner suspected planter fasciitis. As I already have a podiatrist appt next week for my other foot I may as well include this problem too. I just wanted to make sure that I hadn't caused too much damage. I have had this planter thingy in my other foot before but I've never had the snapping sensation or the amount of pain I had today. Injuries are so frustrating.

[Sqad]

Thanks for the feedback....I have to say that plantar fasciitis is certainly in the frame as a credible diagnosis, but this "snapping sensation" is most unusual.

Keep us informed eh?

[gattoveloce]

Hi, walking is manageable but very painful, in a very sore and bruised sort of way. Re the snapping sensation, I really don't know what happened there I was struggling to run throughout the match, whereas usually I'm like a whippet, this week I found myself running on my toes rather than my heels. I ran for the ball, I got it, then all of a sudden there was a weird feeling, which I could only describe as a snapping (maybe someone else would have a different description less dramatic) under my foot which caused me to immediately stop and drop my stick, I felt no extra pain as I walked but I could no longer run. This morning I put a cool bandage on, not sure if it is beneficial to have the foot subjected to prolonged coolness? should I use intermittant heat? It's been on around 4 hours now. Sorry for the essay.

[Smowball]

I also suffer from plantar fasciitis. i sort of know what you mean to a point. Yesterday I was walking and the underneath of my foot suddenlt felt as though it was stretched to a point where the pain was so bad it felt like an elastic band pulled right out so I had to stop. Nothing snapped, but It did feel like it could have done. Though I know it wouldnt have.