Cubiod bone issues

It's a little difficult to say without an accurate diagnosis of what the problem is.  If this is occurring on both feet, maybe the motion of the cuboid bone is normal for you.  Some people have loose ligaments in all parts of their body, and just moving the bone manually might not tell you the entire story.  How long has this been going on?  Have you increased your mileage recently?  Are you wearing new shoes/old shoes/improperly fitting shoes?  If your foot muscles are overused, then you will first need a little bit of rest, then strengthening, then a slow/gradual return to running.  Orthotics (is that what you mean when you say orthopedics?) are not a bad thing, and they don't have to be expensive.  If your shoes fit properly though, you may not need any.  Maybe a foot massage can help too....roll your foot on a golf ball.  

If you need to strengthen the foot muscles, the best thing is to just go around the house barefoot.  Scrunch a towel with your toes, pick up small objects with your feet, walk on your toes/heels/inside/outside of feet.  When you have no more pain, begin walking, then progress to jogging, then after that is running.   

Good luck!  Let us know how it goes! 

seems like an unusual diagnodid.  Be sure you do not have a stress fracture.  Not uncommon in that bone.  Do you want to avoid ORTHOTICS?  Are you a pronator?  The right shoe may do the trick.  Couldstart with something siple like a gait analysis at a running store

Semi-hijack....Socks - with respect to endurance training, specifically running....what bones in the foot are prone to stress fractures?  Cuboid...navicular?  calcaneus?  any particular metatarsal?

Thanks for the responses guys, it's definitely not a stress fracture. I went to visit a physiotherapist and she determined that it is in fact my cubiod bone subluxing. I do overpronate as a result of this I wear an overpronation shoe New Balance 1224's. The physiotherapist has me doing some foot strengthening exercises and cav stretches. The reason I'd like to avoid Orthotics (yes this is what i meant) I feel it won't actually fix the problem rather it just STOPS it from occurring. If there are some muscles I can strengthen to fix my overpronation and stop the problem from occurring I could just avoid orthotics altogether.

Cuboid, navicular and 2nd met probably the top 3 but I would put tibia before those although obviously not in the foot.

 

Well unfortunately some of it is just the way God made you.  You can blame your parents.  Keeping your foot as strong as possible certainly will do you no have and may help.  Glad to hear you are in pronation shoes.  They will probably hold you better than the orthotics.  If it is more a ligamentous laxity it is what it is.  I'd rather see you in an orthotic an be a happy healthy triathlete than an injured unhappy triathlete without orthotics.  Its tough to say how much they will help thru internet medicine.  Stick with the pronation shoes for sure.

I recently (three days ago) started having pain along the side of my foot by my metatarsal (excuse the spelling I'm sure its wrong) (only when walking/weight bearing). I found out I have a problem with my cuboid by my massage therapist and podiatrist. I've never had any problems with my feet before, always wear neutral shoes, never had orthopedics. I was wondering how long it takes to get this turned around in general. I tried some manual manipulation today but it still seemed to hurt when walking. I go back tomorrow for more. I'm hoping it doesn't take too long to heal as I am signed up for Ironman Canada at the end of august.