right side of foot hurts

by jennifer

About a week ago I walked about 5 miles in flip flops. The next day the right side of my foot (not the bottom of my foot or my ankle) started to ache really bad. I would also start to get stabbing pains in the side of my foot when I did anything athletic like walk fast or run. I have no pain when I am not bearing weight on it and there is no bruising or swelling. It still hurts bad enough that I limp when I walk on it longer than a couple minutes and I am on my feet all day long at work. when I went to the walk in clinic they just told me it was sore from walking too much and to ice it and take advil. I think it is more serious. any ideas?

Hi Jennifer,
Insist on an x-ray to rule out a stress fracture; lets face it, flip flops are not very protective. If there is no fracture then I would recommend moist heat applications to the area, good shoes like sneakers on a daily basis, and anti-inflammatory medication (assuming you can tolerate it) for about 2 weeks. If this does not make it better, see a podiatrist.
Marc Mitnick DPM