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I've been practicing Karate for a year now (age 50) and recently injured both feet on the balls of the feet. The injury started after an intensive training session involving jumping up and down on the balls of my feet while in a sparring stance. The pain feels like a red hot knife being stuck into my feet, its very intense when it happens and now it usually comes on when doing a 180 degree step in a kata or similar. My doctor says because of my adnormally high arched feet the bones under the ball has punched into ligaments causing this pain, and I must give up Karate. Anyone had this problem and found a way out of it? is there a way to toughen the feet for this problem?

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Not that particular issue, no.. Doctors are trigger-happy on "you must quit", but you definitely need a break to heal at the least.

"Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." - Baleia

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I probably shouldn't say this but I can understand the drill but there's no way I'd get a first year student to do it. Maybe a few times carefully to get a sniff but definitely not repeatedly to the point of exhaustion.

If the ligaments are bruised they have to heal. Don't work your way through it you'll just make the problem and your technique worse.

we all have our moments

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right.. for 'healing ligaments' i'd eat Jello and glucosamine to make sure there's no shortage of building materials on hand, and take it easy.

This is one place where I particularly don't envy the Western stylists and the more external Asian stylists. If I get sidelined for a month, I can hobble into class, practice playing a music instrument and singing, not throw a single kick, and feel like I really accomplished something when I limp out of class again.

However, you can still spend the time studying anatomy, history, and the like; your teacher might have ideas on things you can learn while you're letting your body heal.

"Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." - Baleia

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Many thanks for your replies, I have been taken Glucosamine and other suppliments as suggested. I also found taping a gel pad under my foot helps. But main thing is to keep going but at a reduced rate.

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Make sure it is a very, very reduced rate while you heal up. Things that you ordinarily would never even notice have the potential to add months or more to recovery time, when recovering from a substantial injury.

"Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." - Baleia

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Hi Tony,

Such injuries to the feet are quite common in impact sports such as karate,sprinting etc where there is sudden burst or twisting. Injuries such as your or to the base of the heel(plantar fascia) or ankle/heel (achilles tendonitis). At present, I am suffering from a injury similar to yours and have not been training strenuously for the last 6 weeks. The important thing is R.I.C.E ) (Rest, Ice, Compress and Elevate). Do some stretching exercises that will loosen not only your foot but ankles and calves. One more thing that was advised to me was to to fill a plastic bottle, freeze it and then to roll it with your foot while applying suitable pressure to the bottle with the foot as it rolls back and forth. It is helping me a fair bit along with the stretching. I was also advised to take vitamin D and calcium. Ask your healthcare professional if its suitable for you.

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