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Keep getting pins and needles when running

  • 15-10-2009 12:07pm
    #1
    Pisco Sour
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    Hey all, bit of a problem here. Any time I run anything over arond 6.5-7.5k I get pins and needles in my right foot (never in my left). I have tried everything to sort this out. I've bought proper running shoes (Asics), I've tied my shoes loosely (one time I tied them so loosely that the laces untied), I've tied them tight aswell. But without fail I always seem to get this. It usually only lasts about 10 minutes and then I'm grand for the rest of the race, but its majorly uncomfortable (and an extra thing to have to worry about in tough races). Usually I'd have to stop for 3-4 seconds to quickly loosen the shoe, after doing that a couple of times the pins and needles eventually go away after 10 minutes. But when I loosen my shoe before I start running it doesnt seem to make any difference.

    Does anybody know what this is? Is it really a case of me just having to put up with it and fight through it? Its one of the main things putting me off doing a marathon to be honest.


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  • #2
    average_runner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭✭average_runner


    I used to get that too. It went away due to one of these factors:

    1. got gait analysis done and got right pair of runners
    2. I slowed my pace down on the run
    3 I just got used to running and it went away!


  • #3
    EvilHomer73
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭EvilHomer73


    average_runner wrote: »
    I used to get that too. It went away due to one of these factors:

    1. got gait analysis done and got right pair of runners
    2. I slowed my pace down on the run
    3 I just got used to running and it went away!

    Exactly the same with me. dont know if thats any help to you though


  • #4
    Pisco Sour
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,029 ✭✭✭Pisco Sour


    bump


  • #5
    Pisco Sour
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,029 ✭✭✭Pisco Sour


    So nobody has any knowledge of this whatsoever?


  • #6
    Condo131
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,442 ✭✭✭Condo131


    Check your feet for corns. I get them from time to time and, depending on where on the foot they are, I get 'pins & needles' after about 6 or 7 miles. they're not severe, so I run through them.

    Once got them very bad in a marathon - I thought I'd broken a bone - it was just behind the metatarsals.


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  • #7
    gaffo7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭gaffo7


    been a victim of the mystery pins an needles too. Got so bad once when running had to stop and put my foot in a river!
    did the trick, pain subsided immediately. For me it started as pins and needles but then progressed into pretty bad pain under foot near where toes join foot..... never found out what cause was.


  • #8
    gerard65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,612 ✭✭✭gerard65


    04072511 wrote: »
    So nobody has any knowledge of this whatsoever?

    Google 'pins and needles while running'. Seems quite common.


  • #9
    jlang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,496 ✭✭✭jlang


    Used to get a numb foot when running. After 40-45 minutes, sensation in my right foot would dull (never the left). 5 minutes later or so things would be back to normal. Seemed to be independent of shoe, lace tightness, terrain etc but I did try to make sure I wasn't running off road at the time because I'd get no feedback if my foot wasn't landing right. Doesn't happen any more and I never tracked it down so I can't really help you.


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