Foot pain with no obvious injury/trauma?

Question

starting today i noticed that my foot hurt a little when i was walking across campus to class, by the time i got there it was pretty sore but when i sat down for a few minutes the pain went completely away. later when i was walking back from class it started to hurt really bad and i was limping by the time i got back to my dorm but when i sat down in my room the pain went almost completely away again. its a sharp bony pain (not at all like a sprained ankle) on the outside part of my foot. there is a small amount of swelling on the bottom of my foot about half way between my little tow and my heal but its barely noticeable. i have no idea what i did to it, i didn't roll my ankle or anything like that. any ideas on what it could be would be much apreciated.

Additional Details

i am 19 and, although perhaps a tad overweight i am active and healthy aside from some patella-femoral problems. when i was like 7 or 8 i had problems with my arches flettening out when i walked but i outgrew it.

Answer 1

How old are you by the way, you haven't mentioned it in your story.The least I can tell you if you could be suffering from a high uric acid level. Pains in the foot area, around the joints and ankle without any injury or sores are often symptoms of gout. Watch the intake of your food specially foods very rich in protein. As we grow older, too much protein from foods like nuts, beans, soya, fatty meat, etc. can cause a high uric acid level which produces gout increasing the probability of having arthritis. This is the major cause of your pain.

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Answer 2

Do you have flat feet by any chance? You could have "flexible" flat-foot disorder, meaning that when weight is on your foot, you lose the arch, but when you sit down, the arch comes back. This could cause some of the pain you're feeling. There are several tendons that also wrap around the outside edge of your foot, right where you're talking about. These are mostly the peroneal tendons, that attach up to the peroneal muscles on the outside edge of your lower leg. If these muscles are tight, they can strain the tendons making them sore. Sitting in a chair, try inverting and everting the foot, you'll feel the peroneals kick in on the outside ege. Try stretching these and doing various ankle rolls from a seated position. Use your thumb to massage these muscles, and use ice to treat the inflammation on the foot/leg.

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MS: EXS, PES

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