Ok, this is bizarre....
Last couple of workout, after my initial warm-up 400, my middle toes have been tingly and slightly painful, like after your foot falls asleep.
Anyone else have this happen? Any ideas what might be happening?
After I do my build-ups, the sensation is gone.
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The effect has gone away, thank goodness.
It was beginning to bother me.
I had a couple of other strange symptoms going on at about the same time, one of which has also stopped.
But I know what that one is. I have WPW, which causes tachycardia, dizziness, and shortness of breath. I had to back off my workout b/c exertion was triggering it (and I don't want to pass out in the pool).
I can go for months, even longer, w/ no symptoms, then suddenly go thru a period where it's happening quite frequently. So I figured the WPW was unrelated to the toe-tingling.
Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. Hard to tell.
I had to lay out for 5 days due to a virus that made me ill, but today I worked out and was almost back to full speed. My heart didn't race, and my toes didn't tingle, but my lungs are definitely not at full capacity.
My big toe was bothering me anytime I pushed off the wall. Just returned from the podiatrist and was diagnosed with osteochondral defect in 1st metatarsal head. I do not want surgery and will be trying an orthotic, but that does not help with swimming. I told him I was going to Nationals and cannot be out of the pool until after Nationals. Any suggestions?
Well, I found the answer: smoking.
This all started after my winter "poker weekend", where I get together with boyhood friends and we spend a couple days playing cards, picking guitars, grilling, drinking beer, and smoking cigars.
I brought some cigars home and continued to smoke them til I ran out.
Once I suspected that might be the culprit, I tried an experiment and launched into another few days of heavy cigar smoking, and it all came back -- the tachycardia, toe tingling, and blue extremities post-workout.
Must have to do with impairing my circulation.
