Time Of Injury

It was April, 2013. I was working in a kitchen at a very popular restaurant chain. The shifts were about 6-8 hours and I was working about 5 days a week. It was starting to warm up outside, so I started skateboarding more frequently during my time outside of work (I had been skating about once a week over the winter, at an indoor park.).

I spent a few days skating in the city, for hours on end, pushing long distances each time. During the first couple of days skating, I had noticed a dull pain near my right toe joint. I brushed it off, as it seemed insignificant.

 I could remember having a similar pain before, trying to push on a slippery floor at an indoor skatepark. The soles of my shoes were worn down so I tried to compensate by pushing down harder with my toe to get more grip against the smooth floor. This pain had gone away after a day or two.

On the third day of skating outside, it began virtually painless. But after skating from my car to a spot about a half mile away, I was feeling the pain in my right foot again, this time more intensely. Thinking it wasn't a big deal, I continued to skate the spot. An hour later we were told we couldn't skate there, so we left. I decided I needed some Ibuprofen if I was going to skate anymore that day, so we skated to a corner store close to where my car was parked. After the Ibuprofen had kicked in, I spent the next few hours skating with a bearable amount of pain.

Shortly after, possibly the next day, I had worked a long shift at my job and my feet were very sore. It's worth noting that both my work shoes and skate shoes were not supportive, and had very poor padding in the sole. I made the unwise choice to "cruise around" with my friends (just pushing, no tricks) later that night. About fifteen minutes in, it was too painful to push with my right foot (the foot I normally use), so I decided to switch and use my left one. This was a mistake as well because in about five minutes, the ball of my left foot felt almost as bad as my right one.

A day or two later, I went back to the city to meet up with some other skaters and skate around. I believe I had taken some Ibuprofen (more than I probably should have), and skated pain free for the next couple hours. Some of my friends had to leave, so me and my one other friend got some food and took a break. About an hour later I decided that I had enough energy to go to one more spot.

At the last spot of the day, about 10 minutes into it, the pain was back. It was just about as intense as it had been during the previous day of skating. After getting fed up with my friend (who can be pretty annoying at times) and the pain in my foot, I decided that we should call it a day.

The next day, I went to the skatepark by myself, and had a really good time. So good that I ended up staying there for about 6+ hours. I had taken some Ibuprofen before hand, and was experiencing very little pain in my right foot, and no pain in my left. This lasted for about 3-4 hours. But after landing on the ball of my foot a few times, the pain was at an all time high. However, I was having such a good time, skating and talking to new people, I didn't want to stop, so I skated for a couple more hours, trying not to push very hard. Strangely, it didn't hurt when I did tricks, only when I pushed.

I stayed at the park until it got dark and I decided to leave. It was now painful just walking on my foot. On my way home, I decided that I better take a week or two off to let my foot heal.

It's now been 10 months.

Introduction

I am a skateboarder from the Midwest, 20 years old, and I have had Sesamoiditis for the past 10 months. I haven't found much info about people recovering from this, so I will share my experience. At the time of me writing this, I still have it.