The bad kind of corn
Until recently, the only issues my wonky supination had given me was the occasionally sore left side, shoes that didn’t last very long, and goofy race pictures:
Until recently. A few months ago I started getting a pain on the ball of my left foot around a hardened part of the skin, at what looked like a void. It took me until last week, but I finally figured out what it is – a seed corn.
I was finally inspired to figure out what it was because it hurt SO bad. I had to wear shoes/sandals all the time – pressure on it bare-footed caused a lot of pain on the ball of my foot. It was ridiculous to me how something so little could cause so much pain.
My normal method of cutting hurty things off my foot didn’t work. It keeps growing back. Grrr.
So the internets said to soak my foot and rub the seed corn with a pumice stone to relieve the pain, and – drumroll, please – it seemed to work! The pain went away after I did that. The corn is going to keep coming back, since that is where my left foot lands when I run, but at least now I have a way to deal with it – apart from completely changing my running style!
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I had one once, in high school, I think it was from high jumping and the way my spikes hit my foot. It hurt…a lot! I used some corn remover stuff, and it went away and has never come back! Thank God! So I feel for ya.
Oh yeah – your comment reminded me a friend was telling me about those corn remover pads! That should be the next thing I try when it comes back. Can you believe how much these things hurt?
I read this title and immediately went, there’s a bad kind of corn?!
But oh yeah…that kind. Ouch! Glad you found a way to deal with it but ouch!
Ugh… I’m sorry you had to deal with the pain but that’s great news that you found an effective way to deal with it!
When I started my new job, I started wearing cute shoes instead of sneaker-type shoes like I had always worn to work in the past, and I got a corn between two of my toes as a result. NOT fun at all! It was really painful! So now I’ve gone back to wearing sneakers and given up on looking put together, because I’d rather have happy toes than cute outfits, since my feet clearly don’t like the cute shoes. I actually also had a really creaky knee that came out of nowhere and would not go away until I started wearing my sneakers again instead of cute shoes. Basically I’ve concluded that cute shoes are terrible and I’m never going to wear them ever again, at least for more than a few hours. Haha 😛
Ha ha ha! Cute shoes can REALLY hurt! I have some pairs that always give me blisters, and I wonder if I need to break them in more… but I really think they are just a bad fit. It’s hard to find a pair that fits just right, esp when you DGAF about it! (I don’t, but do wear flats at work, and have them broken the hell in). I am happy the sneakers made you feel better!
That sounds painful! I don’t think I’ve ever had anything like that but I do suffer from calluses on my right foot, same area. I’ve gone to the podiatrist to have her shave it off and am looking for another alternative .
Maybe the stone would help you too 🙂
As a fellow supinator, I relate to the shoes that don’t very last very long, along with the goofy pictures! I’m glad the soaking/pumice stone trick was helpful. I’m going to tuck this idea away in the back of my brain – I can definitely see myself experiencing a similar issue at some point in the future!
I hope you don’t, though!!! 🙂
keep it soft is key!
I have so much pain in the ball of my feet now, that is where my injury stemmed from. I use to have a hard callous and that, according to my Doc can cause problems if you let it get too hard. He preached keep it soft to me lol
It is so hard to change what comes naturally..
Oh yes, I remember you posting about what you do to keep it soft. Hee hee 😉
My youngest son who plays badminton got some really nasty painful hard spots on his feet this year – we had no idea what they were, but it turned out it was how his feet hit the ground when he lands on the court while playing. Now he is very conscientious with the pumice.
Hope your seed corn feels better soon and that it doesn’t come back!
So that helped him, too, then? I wonder if he had the same thing, or a callus.
Blah! Now there’s a kind of corn I don’t want to grow. I hope you’re able to keep it under control so it doesn’t hurt.
I have a seed corn too, but mine is on the outside of my right foot! I think it’s from walking all the time around the city. I haven’t done anything about it yet though because it doesn’t hurt very much, but eventually, I think I’ll have to bite the bullet and take action. Glad to know about the pumice + soaking remedy. I’ll have to try it!
Ugh! Your shoes must rub you there or something?! Let me know if the pumice stone works for you! I did it again last night.. I think I am just going to make it part of my routine 🙂