firstly i started to get a pain in my foot, although im not putting that down to walking, walking is a very safe thing to do as far as strain on your joints. But never the less i developed this pain in my foot after doing Zumba. i just put it down to aches and pains with me really giving it some, so thought nothing of it.
The next day i woke up with a lump on my foot and it was very painful, so painful i was walking with a limp for the first few days.
Anyway i went to the doctors with it and he told me it was a ganglion cyst and that i might have to have an operation to remove it.
A ganglion cyst is caused by over stressing the joints, runners get it if they suddenly up their millage and do a bit too much, so i surmised that i had done too much and strained my foot joints while doing Zumba.
Luckily though with rest this past few weeks it has gone away all by itself and i dont have the pain anymore, the pain is caused by the lump pressing against the tendon or nerve of the foot. so the upshot of that is i will have to take it steady just yet, but i will be getting back into it all very soon. Hopefully the weather will turn good which will make it all that bit more pleasant
