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Hurty back foot

Postby Prancing monkey » Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:28 am

Been mainly on the longboard for last 3 months and seem to be aggravating some deep bruising on the inside of my back foot. Never a problem on my smaller boards, although I have been in the water quite a bit more recently and boots have been off for 3 months. I don’t feel any obvious contact when I’m popping up, but assuming I’m probably dragging it a bit. Anyone else get this? There was an old post from 2012 here but sounded like a different part of the foot.

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Re: Hurty back foot

Postby BaNZ » Mon Aug 12, 2019 11:57 am

I get that sometimes when I have a long surf session. I think that's the pressure point when I pop. Perhaps you're like me and applying too much weight on that part of the foot when you popup. The pain normally goes away after 2 days. It's on my right foot and I'm a regular.

Now days I just wear boots, it gives me more grip so I can do with less wax.
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Re: Hurty back foot

Postby Prancing monkey » Tue Aug 13, 2019 7:30 am

Hey BaNZ

Good call. I was out this morning and then realised it was where I was striking the board when landing my back foot, not dragging. Mustn’t have noticed on my hybrid due to the tail pad. Tried to soften my landing a bit and seemed to help.
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Re: Hurty back foot

Postby tomthetreeman » Tue Aug 13, 2019 10:52 am

When I go backside and grab rail my back foot everts and I get sore right at the big toe ball mound (behind the toe). When I surf a lot I actually start to develop a callus there, and it definitely kind of aches.

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